"fer" meaning in Scots

See fer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɛr/ [Hawick] Forms: ferther [comparative], ferthest [superlative]
Head templates: {{head|sco|adjective|comparative|ferther||ferthest|||superlative|ferthest||ferthest||}} fer (comparative ferther, superlative ferthest), {{sco-adj|ferther|ferthest}} fer (comparative ferther, superlative ferthest)
  1. (Southern Scots) far Tags: Southern-Scots Synonyms: fere, ferr Derived forms: fer ahint, fer away, fer ben, ferness (english: farness), ferrer (english: farther), ferrest (english: farthest), fer sichty (english: far-sighted), ferther (english: farther), ferthest (english: farthest)

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ferther",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferthest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "ferthest",
        "11": "",
        "12": "ferthest",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "comparative",
        "4": "ferther",
        "5": "",
        "6": "ferthest",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "superlative"
      },
      "expansion": "fer (comparative ferther, superlative ferthest)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ferther",
        "2": "ferthest"
      },
      "expansion": "fer (comparative ferther, superlative ferthest)",
      "name": "sco-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 30 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Southern Scots",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "fer ahint"
        },
        {
          "word": "fer away"
        },
        {
          "word": "fer ben"
        },
        {
          "english": "farness",
          "word": "ferness"
        },
        {
          "english": "farther",
          "word": "ferrer"
        },
        {
          "english": "farthest",
          "word": "ferrest"
        },
        {
          "english": "far-sighted",
          "word": "fer sichty"
        },
        {
          "english": "farther",
          "word": "ferther"
        },
        {
          "english": "farthest",
          "word": "ferthest"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "far"
      ],
      "id": "en-fer-sco-adj-US7qRs6z",
      "links": [
        [
          "far",
          "far"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Southern Scots) far"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fere"
        },
        {
          "word": "ferr"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Scots"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛr/",
      "tags": [
        "Hawick"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fer"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "fer ahint"
    },
    {
      "word": "fer away"
    },
    {
      "word": "fer ben"
    },
    {
      "english": "farness",
      "word": "ferness"
    },
    {
      "english": "farther",
      "word": "ferrer"
    },
    {
      "english": "farthest",
      "word": "ferrest"
    },
    {
      "english": "far-sighted",
      "word": "fer sichty"
    },
    {
      "english": "farther",
      "word": "ferther"
    },
    {
      "english": "farthest",
      "word": "ferthest"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ferther",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ferthest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "10": "ferthest",
        "11": "",
        "12": "ferthest",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "comparative",
        "4": "ferther",
        "5": "",
        "6": "ferthest",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "superlative"
      },
      "expansion": "fer (comparative ferther, superlative ferthest)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ferther",
        "2": "ferthest"
      },
      "expansion": "fer (comparative ferther, superlative ferthest)",
      "name": "sco-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 30 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Scots adjectives",
        "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
        "Scots lemmas",
        "Southern Scots"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "far"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "far",
          "far"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Southern Scots) far"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Scots"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛr/",
      "tags": [
        "Hawick"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "fere"
    },
    {
      "word": "ferr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fer"
}

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