"fern" meaning in Icelandic

See fern in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /fɛrtn/
Rhymes: -ɛrtn Etymology: From the root fer-. Compare tvennur, þrennur. Head templates: {{head|is|adjective}} fern Inflection templates: {{is-adecl|-comp}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], fern [masculine, nominative, strong], fern [feminine, nominative, strong], fernt [neuter, nominative, strong], fernan [accusative, masculine, strong], ferna [accusative, feminine, strong], fernt [accusative, neuter, strong], fernum [dative, masculine, strong], fernri [dative, feminine, strong], fernu [dative, neuter, strong], ferns [genitive, masculine, strong], fernrar [feminine, genitive, strong], ferns [genitive, neuter, strong], fernir [masculine, nominative, strong], fernar [feminine, nominative, strong], fern [neuter, nominative, strong], ferna [accusative, masculine, strong], fernar [accusative, feminine, strong], fern [accusative, neuter, strong], fernum [dative, strong], fernra [genitive, strong], ferni [masculine, nominative, weak], ferna [feminine, nominative, weak], ferna [neuter, nominative, weak], ferna [error-unrecognized-form, masculine, weak], fernu [error-unrecognized-form, feminine, weak], ferna [error-unrecognized-form, neuter, weak], fernu [plural, weak]
  1. four (used when counting singular nouns, pluralia tantum or groupings (especially pairs) of items, or when the item counted is missing from the sentence or separated by the preposition af (“of”)) Derived forms: ferna Related terms: fer-, fjórir, tvennur, þrennur
    Sense id: en-fern-is-adj-qOx-SrCL Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries
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  "etymology_text": "From the root fer-. Compare tvennur, þrennur.",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "fern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fernt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fernan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fernt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fernum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fernri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fernu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fernrar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fernir",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fernar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fernar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fernum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fernra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferni",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
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    {
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      "form": "ferna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fernu",
      "source": "declension",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "feminine",
        "weak"
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    },
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      "form": "ferna",
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    },
    {
      "form": "fernu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "is",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "-comp"
      },
      "name": "is-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
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          "word": "ferna"
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              0,
              13
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              0,
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          "english": "four pairs of shoes",
          "text": "fernir skór",
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        },
        {
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              0,
              4
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              0,
              6
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          ],
          "english": "four concerts",
          "text": "fernir tónleikar",
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        },
        {
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              20,
              24
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "english": "This can be done in four ways.",
          "text": "Þetta má gera á fernan hátt.",
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        },
        {
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            [
              10,
              14
            ]
          ],
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            [
              7,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "There are four [things] that I need.",
          "text": "Það er fernt sem mig vantar.",
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          "bold_english_offsets": [
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              7,
              11
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          ],
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            [
              10,
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "I want four of everything.",
          "text": "Ég vil fá fernt af öllu.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
          "af",
          "af"
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "fer-"
        },
        {
          "word": "fjórir"
        },
        {
          "word": "tvennur"
        },
        {
          "word": "þrennur"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/fɛrtn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛrtn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fern"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ferna"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From the root fer-. Compare tvennur, þrennur.",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "fern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "strong"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "fernt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fernan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fernt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fernum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fernri",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fernu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "strong"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ferns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fernrar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "strong"
      ]
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      "form": "ferns",
      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "fernir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fernar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
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    {
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
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      "form": "fernum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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      "form": "fernra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
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      "ipa": "/fɛrtn/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛrtn"
    }
  ],
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}

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