"fah" meaning in Alemannic German

See fah in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: From Middle High German vāhen, from Old High German fāhan, a strong verb with past forms fieng, gefangan, from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Cognate with German fangen. Etymology templates: {{inh|gsw|gmh|vāhen}} Middle High German vāhen, {{inh|gsw|goh|fāhan}} Old High German fāhan, {{inh|gsw|gmw-pro|*fą̄han}} Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han, {{inh|gsw|gem-pro|*fanhaną}} Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, {{cog|de|fangen}} German fangen Head templates: {{head|gsw|verb|auxiliary|haa|head=fah}} fah (auxiliary haa) Forms: haa [auxiliary], v̥a [canonical], was shortened in the city of Bern and areas near it [canonical], but kept long in the rest of the canton [canonical], whence the different spellings . These dialect lines may have become blurred since then due to easier mobility between towns [canonical], cities [canonical], . [canonical], fa [alternative], faa [alternative], fa [alternative], foo [alternative], foh [alternative], fo [alternative], fange [alternative], fangä [alternative], fanga [alternative], fëë [alternative], fahe [alternative], faahe [alternative], fou [alternative], fä [alternative], fää [alternative], fè [alternative], fe [alternative], fèè [alternative], fee [alternative], fòòche [alternative], fòche [alternative], fòòhe [alternative], fòhe [alternative], fùù [alternative], fù [alternative], foa [alternative], fooa [alternative]
  1. to catch
    Sense id: en-fah-gsw-verb-~neHFCn2
  2. Zürich has three infinitives: /v̥ɛ(ː)/, /v̥ɒŋə ~ v̥ɑŋə/, and /v̥ɒː ~ v̥ɑː/ (written fe(e)/fè(è)/fë(ë), fange, and fa(h)/faa). The plural is fönd /v̥ønd̥/.
    Sense id: en-fah-gsw-verb-sgPGJIhH
  3. In Schaffhausen and Thurgau, ⟨fange⟩ (ending in schwa) is the usual infinitive form, but (also in St. Gallen) the first-person singular present form can end in either schwa (fange) or /ŋ/ (fang), depending on the region.
    Sense id: en-fah-gsw-verb-Bop2X2~x
  4. In the parts of the Rheintal bordering Austria, forms with a root ending in /χ/ (infinitive fò(ò)che, 1SG fò(ò)ch, and others) are sometimes used.
    Sense id: en-fah-gsw-verb-MXiY3CkO
  5. See the atlas mentioned above for more.In the dialect of Urseren, Uri:
    Sense id: en-fah-gsw-verb-YCHObjbR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ahfange

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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