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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "fa"}}
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==Translingual==

===Symbol===
{{mul-symbol}}

# {{ISO 639|1}}

==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|fah}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/fɑ/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fa.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɑː|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From Glover's [[solmization]], from {{inh|en|enm|fa||fourth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales}}, {{der|en|it|fa}} in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of {{der|en|la|famulī|t=servants}} in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn ''{{w|Ut queant laxis}}'' by Paulus Deacon.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|music}} A syllable used in [[solfège]] to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a [[major scale]].
#* {{RQ:Fielding Tom Jones|IV|X|Containing the Arrival of an ''Irish'' Gentleman, with very extraordinary Adventures which ensued at the Inn|pages=11–12|pageref=11|passage=And now Mrs. ''Waters'' (for we muſt confeſs ſhe was in the ſame Bed) being, I ſuppoſe, awakened from her Sleep, and ſeeing two Men fighting in her Bed-chamber, began to ſcream in the moſt violent Manner, crying out Murder! Robbery! and more frequently Rape! which laſt, ſome, perhaps, may wonder ſhe ſhould mention, who do not conſider that theſe Words of Exclamation are uſed by Ladies in a Fright, as '''Fa''', la, la, ra, da, ''&c.'' are in Muſic, only as the Vehicles of Sound, and without any fixed Ideas.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{l|en|sol-fa}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|fourth note of a major scale}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|فَا|m}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|fa}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|fa}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|fa|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|fa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|fa|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|fa|m}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|ფა}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|म}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|fá}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|fa|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ファ|tr=fa}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|파}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|fa|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|фа}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|фа|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|fa}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ฟา}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====See also====
{{col2|en|title=musical notes|do|la|mi|re|so|ti}}

{{col2|en|title=other terms with "fa", etymologically unrelated|fa jin|fa shizzle|fa-la|fi fa|Pha̍k-fa-sṳ|}}

===Etymology 2===

====Preposition====
{{en-preposition}}

# {{lb|en|informal}} {{alternative spelling of|en|for}}
#* {{quote-av|en|year=2000|actor={{w|Jared Leto|Jared Leto}}|role=Harry Goldfarb
|title=Requiem for a Dream|text=Do ya wanna be a dope fiend '''fa''' krist’s sake?}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=af|AF|Af|af}}

{{cln|en|two-letter words}}

==Catalan==

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|ca|a}}

===Etymology 1===

====Noun====
{{ca-noun|m|#s}}

# {{lb|ca|music}} {{l|en|fa}} {{gloss|fourth note of diatonic scale}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Verb====
{{head|ca|verb form}}

# {{ca-verb form of|fer}}

====Preposition====
{{head|ca|preposition}}

# [[ago]]
#: {{ux|ca|'''fa''' molts anys...|many years '''ago'''...}}

====Interjection====
{{head|ca|interjection}}

# {{lb|ca|dialectal}} a particle used in some dialects to emphasize a negative sentence
#: {{ux|ca|'''Fa''' que no es veu!|lit=it does that it's not seen!|it’s obvious!}}

==Chichewa==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ny|bnt-pro|*-kúa}}.

===Verb===
{{ny-verb|fa}}

# to [[die]]

====Derived terms====
{{ny-der|appl|nom=imfa|nom-g=death}}

==Czech==

===Noun===
{{head|cs|noun}}

# {{abbreviation of|cs|firma}}

====Declension====
{{rfinfl|cs|noun}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|nl|la|fa}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/faː/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-fa.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|fa}}
* {{rhymes|nl|aː}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|m|-'s|+}}

# {{lb|nl|music}} {{l|en|fa}} {{gloss|fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note}}
# {{lb|nl|music}} [[F]] (the musical clef or key)

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nl|fasleutel}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-Paris--fa.ogg|a=Paris}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m|#}}

# {{lb|fr|music}} [[fa#English|fa]], the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note 'F'

====Derived terms====
* {{l|fr|clef de fa}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Galician==

===Noun===
{{gl-noun|m}}

# {{lb|gl|music}} {{l|en|fa}} {{qualifier|musical note}}
# {{lb|gl|music}} [[F]] (the musical note or key)

===See also===
* {{list:musical notes/gl}}

==Gothic==

===Romanization===
{{got-rom}}

# {{romanization of|got|𐍆𐌰}}

==Hadza==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|hts|/fa/|[fʷa]}}

===Verb===
{{head|hts|verb}}

# to [[drink]]

{{C|hts|Drinking|Human behaviour}}

==Hungarian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|hu|urj-pro|*puwe}}. Cognates include {{cog|fi|puu}}.<ref>{{R:Uralonet|829}}</ref><ref>{{R:Zaicz 2006}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{hu-IPA}}
* {{audio|hu|Hu-fa.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|hu|fɒ|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{hu-noun|~|pl=fák}}<!--uncountable as a material-->

# [[tree]] {{gloss|large woody plant}}
#: {{mero|hu|rügy|hajtás|vessző|gally|ág|törzs|gyökér|levél|lomb|korona|termés|gyümölcs}}
# [[wood]] {{gloss|substance beneath the bark of the trunk or branches of a tree}}
# {{lb|hu|graph theory}} [[tree]] {{gloss|connected graph with no cycles}}
# {{lb|hu|computing theory}} [[tree]] {{gloss|recursive data structure}}
# {{lb|hu|attributive}} [[wooden]] {{gloss|made of wood}}

====Declension====
{{hu-infl-nom|fá|o}}{{hu-pos-tok|fá}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3|hu
|fácska
|[[fás]] → [[fáskamra]], [[fáskosár]], [[fásláda]];<br/>[[fásít]]; [[fásul]] → [[fásult]]
|fátlan
}}
{{col4|hu|title=Compound words with this term at the beginning
|faág
|faalkotmány
|faállomány
|faanyag
|faarc
|faáru
|fabáb
|fababa
|fabalzsam
|fabatka
|faberakás
|fabetegség
|fabeton
|fabódé
|faburkolat
|facement
|facimbalom
|facipő
|facsavar
|facsemete
|facsiga
|facsiszolat
|facsoport
|fadarab
|fadarázs
|faderék
|fadongó
|fadöntés
|fadúc
|fadugó
|faecet
|faedény
|faeke
|faeper
|faesztergályos
|fafajta
|[[fafaragás]], [[fafaragó]]
|fafejű
|[[fafeldolgozás]], [[fafeldolgozó]]
|faforgács
|[[fafúvó]] → [[fafúvós]]
|fafűrész
|[[fafűtés]] → [[fafűtéses]]
|fagaras
|fagáz
|fagomba
|fagyapot
|fagyöngy
|fahamu
|faháncs
|fahang
|fahasáb
|fahatár
|faház
|fahegy
|[[fahéj]] → [[fahéjszínű]]
|fahíd
|fahordó
|faipar
|faiskola
|fajankó
|fakabát
|fakalapács
|fakanál
|fakard
|fakátrány
|fakép
|fakéreg
|fakereskedő
|fakereszt
|fakilincs
|fakín
|fakitermelés
|fakopáncs
|fakorona
|fakova
|faköpönyeg
|[[faköszörűgép]], [[faköszörület]]
|fakötés
|fakupa
|fakúsz
|fakutya
|[[faláb]] → [[falábú]]
|faláda
|falemez
|falepárlás
|falépcső
|falevél
|faló
|famaró
|famegmunkálás
|faméh
|famentes
|[[fametszés]], [[fametszet]], [[fametsző]]
|famézga
|famozaik
|[[famunka]] → [[famunkás]]
|fanemesítés
|fanyelű
|[[fanyelv]] → [[fanyelvű]]
|fanyesés
|fanyűvő
|faodú
|faolaj
|faóriás
|[[fapad]] → [[fapados]]
|fapapucs
|fapárolás
|fapofa
|fapuska
|faputtony
|farablás
|farakás
|faraktár
|farész
|farontó
|[[farost]] → [[farostlemez]] → [[farostlemezgyár]]
|farönk
|fasor
|faszállítás
|faszeg
|[[faszén]] → [[faszéngáz]]
|faszent
|faszesz
|[[faszobor]], [[faszobrász]]
|fatalp
|[[fatányér]] → [[fatányéros]]
|fatelep
|fatelítés
|fatemplom
|fatest
|fatetű
|fatornyos
|fatökű
|fatönk
|fatörzs
|fatuskó
|[[fatüzelés]] → [[fatüzeléses]]
|faúsztatás
|[[favágás]], [[favágó]], [[favágító]]<!-- https://www.szotar.net/magyar/fav%C3%A1g%C3%ADt%C3%B3/ -->
|faválaszték
|[[faváz]] → [[favázas]]
|favicc
|favilla
}}
{{col4|hu|title=Compound words with this term at the end―tree species
|akácfa
|almafa
|aranyfa
|babérfa
|balsafa
|bálványfa
|balzsamfa
|banánfa
|barackfa
|barkócafa
|birsalmafa
|birskörtefa
|bocfa
|bodzafa
|bokrétafa
|borsófa
|bükkfa
|cédrusfa
|ciprusfa
|citromfa
|császárfa
|cserefa
|cseresznyefa
|cserfa
|datolyafa
|dinnyefa
|diófa
|ébenfa
|ecetfa
|égerfa
|eperfa
|ezüstfa
|fahéjfa
|fenyőfa
|fügefa
|fűzfa
|gesztenyefa
|gubacsfa
|gumifa
|gyertyánfa
|gyümölcsfa
|hársfa
|hólyagfa
|istenfa
|jávorfa
|jegenyefa
|júdásfa
|juharfa
|kajszibarackfa
|kámforfa
|kányafa
|kaucsukfa
|kékfa
|kenyérfa
|kínafa
|kininfa
|kőrisfa
|körtefa
|lepényfa
|licsifa
|liliomfa
|majomkenyérfa
|mandulafa
|mangófa
|meggyfa
|mogyorófa
|narancseperfa
|narancsfa
|nyárfa
|nyírfa
|olajfa
|orgonafa
|ostorfa
|ostorménfa
|paliszanderfa
|pálmafa
|parafa
|rózsafa
|sárgabarackfa
|sárkányfa
|somfa
|sóskafa
|sörgyefa
|szederfa
|szelídgesztenyefa
|szilfa
|szilvafa
|szivarfa
|[[tíkfa]] (''formerly spelled'' [[teakfa]])
|tiszafa
|tölgyfa
|trombitafa
|tulipánfa
|uborkafa
|vadalmafa
|vadgesztenyefa
|vadkörtefa
|vasfa
}}
{{col4|hu|title=Compound words with this term at the end―other
|ágasfa
|ágfa
|ajtófa
|ajtófélfa
|ajtószárfa
|akasztófa
|akolófa
|alakfa
|állásfa
|aprófa
|ászokfa
|bálványfa
|bányafa
|bélfa
|bitófa
|bútorfa
|családfa
|csántérfa
|csapófa
|csemetefa
|díszfa
|dongafa
|dorongfa
|elegyfa
|életfa
|épületfa
|fejfa
|félfa
|főfa
|főtefa
|[[fű-fa]], [[fűnek-fának]]
|gallyfa
|gyámfa
|hagyásfa
|hajítófa
|hámfa
|hasábfa
|haszonfa
|határfa
|kandallófa
|kaptafa
|kapufa
|kapufélfa
|karácsonyfa
|karfa
|keményfa
|keresztfa
|kisafa
|konyhafa
|kopjafa
|korfa
|koszorúfa
|lármafa
|látófa
|lemezfa
|lombfa
|májfa
|májusfa
|mesefa
|mintázófa
|műfa
|nemzetségfa
|nótafa
|nyújtófa
|ollófa
|ostorfa
|ölfa
|párnafa
|piszkafa
|puhafa
|rénfa
|rovásfa
|rönkfa
|rúdfa
|sámfa
|sasfa
|sátorfa
|sefűsefa
|simítófa
|sodrófa
|sorfa
|stoppolófa
|süvegfa
|szálfa
|szárazfa
|származásfa
|szarufa
|szegélyfa
|szégyenfa
|szelemenfa
|szemöldökfa
|szerfa
|szerszámfa
|színfa
|szolgafa
|talpfa
|támaszfa
|támfa
|tilalomfa
|tömőfa
|törpefa
|törzsfa
|tüzelőfa
|tűzifa
|ujjafa
|ültetőfa
|ütőfa
|vakfa
|vállfa
|vánkosfa
}}
{{col3|hu|title=Expressions
|fából vaskarika
|nem esik messze az alma a fájától
|nem látja a fától az erdőt
}}

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{R:ErtSz|1|tree, wood}}
* {{R:ErtSz|2|“fa”, a syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth note of a major scale; alternative form of {{m|hu|fá}}}}
* {{R:Nagyszotar}}

{{cln|hu|two-letter words}}
{{topics|hu|Trees}}

==Irish==

===Etymology 1===

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|ga|fá|ba|badh|budh}}

====Particle====
{{head|ga|particles|triggers {{ga-mut-link|h}}}}

# {{obsolete form of|ga|ba||was|nodot=1}} ({{infl of|ga|is||past|aff|and relative}}).
#* {{quote-book|ga|year=2014|origyear=1628–1634|author=Geoffrey Keating|authorlink=Geoffrey Keating|editors=Beatrix Färber, David Comyn, Patrick S. Dinneen|title=Foras Feasa ar Éirinn|publisher=CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts|text=gurab Alba '''fá''' hainm don chrích sin|translation=that that country’s name '''was''' Scotland|url=https://celt.ucc.ie/published/G100054/text001.html#p374}}
#* {{quote-book|ga|year=1939|origyear=c. 13th century|chapter=Bean ós mhnáibh cáich Cailleach Dé|editor=w:Lambert McKenna|location=Dublin|title=Aithdioghluim Dána|text=Is leomhan Ó mBriun an bhean / siur ga seoladh [ar] a son, / síol na n-ealta '''fa''' díon damh, / síol glan nach ba creachta ar gcrodh.|translation=A lion-hero of the Í Bhriuin is this lady, a sister that guides them by her words; noble the offspring of that flock, my guardians (ensuring) that all I own be safe from harrying.|lit=(…) the seed of the flock '''which was''' protection to me, noble seed (…)|url=https://bardic.celt.dias.ie/displayPoem.php?firstLineID=307}}

=====Related terms=====
{{ga-copular forms}}

===Etymology 2===

====Preposition====
{{ga-prep|d|l}}

# {{obsolete form of|ga|faoi||under}}
# {{obsolete form of|ga|um||about, concerning}}

=====Usage notes=====
In the meaning [[about]] it was followed by a noun in accusative.

==Italian==

===Etymology 1===

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|it|fa'|fai||imperative form only}}

====Pronunciation====
{{it-pr|fà*}}
* Unlike for the musical note below, this word always triggers {{w|syntactic gemination}}. Hence for example {{m|it|[[fa]] [[freddo]]||it's cold|lit=it makes cold}} is pronounced {{IPAchar|/ˈfa‿fˈfreddo/}}.

====Verb====
{{head|it|verb form}}

# {{infl of|it|fare||3|s|pres|ind|;|2|s|imp}}

====Adverb====
{{it-adv}}

# [[ago]]
#: {{syn|it|prima}}

===Etymology 2===
{{wikipedia|Fa (nota)|lang=it}}

====Pronunciation====
{{it-pr|fà°|#fà*}}
* Unlike for the verb form and derived adverb, this word (and other terms for musical notes) do not trigger {{w|syntactic gemination}} in modern usage, although they did traditionally. Hence {{m|it|[[fa]] [[sol]] [[la]]||[[#English|fa]] [[#English|sol]] [[#English|la]]}} is now pronounced {{IPAchar|/ˈfa ˈsɔl ˈla/}}, but traditionally {{IPAchar|/ˈfa‿sˈsɔl ˈla/}}.

====Noun====
{{it-noun|m|#}}

# {{senseid|it|note}} {{lb|it|music}} {{l|en|fa}} (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)
# [[F]] (musical note or key)

==Japanese==

===Romanization===
{{ja-romaji}}

# {{Latn-def|ja|syllable|-|ファ|fa}}

==Kabyle==

===Verb===
{{kab-verb|cont=yettfay|pret=ifa|negpret=ifa|aorist=ifa}}

# to [[yawn]]

==Lala (South Africa)==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|bnt-lal|bnt-pro|*-kúa}}.

===Verb===
{{head|bnt-lal|verb|head=-fá}}

# to [[die]]

==Latvian==

===Noun===
{{lv-noun|m|-}}

# {{lb|lv|music}} [[fa#English|fa]], the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note 'F'.

==Luganda==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|lg|bnt-pro|*-kúa}}.

===Verb===
{{head|lg|verb}}

# to [[die]]

==Mandarin==

===Romanization===
{{cmn-pinyin}}

# {{cmn-pinyin of|𠲎}}

===Romanization===
{{cmn-pinyin|notr=1}}

# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|fā}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|fá}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|fǎ}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|fà}}

====Usage notes====
* {{cmn-toneless-note}}

==Manx==

===Etymology===
{{root|gv|ine-pro|*weh₂t-}}
From {{inh|gv|sga|fáth}}, from {{inh|gv|cel-pro|*wātus|t=inspired utterance}} (compare {{cog|cy|gwawd|t=song, praise, poetry}}), from {{der|gv|ine-pro|*weh₂t-}}.

===Noun===
{{gv-noun|m}}

# [[reason]], [[cause]]

====Synonyms====
* {{l|gv|oyr}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|gv|cre'n fa}}
* {{l|gv|gyn fa gyn oyr}}

===Mutation===
{{gv-mut-cons|f|a}}

==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===
From the oblique stem of {{inh|enm|ang|ġefāh}}.

====Noun====
{{enm-noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|fo}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{inh|enm|ang|fā}}, variant of {{m|ang|fāh}}.

====Adjective====
{{enm-adj}}

# {{alt form|enm|fo}}

==Neapolitan==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nap|/fa/}}
* {{rhymes|nap|a}}

===Verb===
{{head|nap|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|nap|fà||3|s|pres|indc}}

==Niuean==
{{cardinalbox|niu|3|4|5|tolu|lima|ord=}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|niu|poz-pol-pro|*fa}}, from {{inh|niu|poz-oce-pro|*pat}}, from {{inh|niu|pqe-pro|*pat}}, from {{inh|niu|poz-cet-pro|*pat}}, from {{inh|niu|poz-pro|*əpat}}, from {{inh|niu|map-pro|*Səpat}}.

===Numeral===
{{head|niu|numeral}}

# {{cln|niu|cardinal numbers}} [[four]]

==Norman==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|nrf}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|nrf|Jer-fa.ogg|a=Jersey}}

===Noun===
{{nrf-noun|m}}

# {{lb|nrf|Jersey}} [[suit]] {{qualifier|clothing}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|nrf|suit}}

{{topics|nrf|Clothing}}

==Northern Ndebele==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nd|bnt-pro|*-kúa}}.

===Verb===
{{nd-verb|fá}}

# to [[die]]

====Inflection====
{{rfinfl|nd|verb}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Etymology===
From {{der|nn|la|famuli}}, from the first word of the fourth line of ''[[w:Ut queant laxis|Ut queant laxis]]'', the medieval hymn on which [[solfège]] was based because its lines started on each note of the scale successively. Through {{bor|nn|it|-}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nn|/fɑː/}}

===Noun===
{{nn-noun-m1|fa-}}

# {{senseid|nn|solfège}} {{lb|nn|music}} {{l|en|fa|id=solfège}}, a syllable used in [[solfège]] to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a [[major scale]].

====Coordinate terms====
* {{sense|scale of solfège}} ''{{l|nn|do|id=solfège}}, {{l|nn|re|id=solfège}}, {{l|nn|mi|id=solfège}}, fa, {{l|nn|sol|id=solfège}} or {{l|nn|so|id=solfège}}, {{l|nn|la|id=solfège}}, {{l|nn|ti|id=solfège}}, {{l|nn|do|id=solfège}}''

===References===
* {{R:The Nynorsk Dictionary}}

==Old English==

===Adjective===
{{ang-adj|head=fā}}

# {{alternative form of|ang|fāh}}

==Old Frisian==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ofs|gmw-pro|*fą̄han}}, from {{inh|ofs|gem-pro|*fanhaną}}. Cognates include {{cog|ang|fōn}}, {{cog|osx|fāhan}} and {{cog|odt|fān}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ofs|/ˈfaː/}}

===Verb===
{{ofs-verb|head=fā}}

# {{lb|ofs|transitive}} to [[catch]]

====Descendants====
* {{desc|stq|fange}}
* {{desc|fy|fange}}

====References====
* {{R:ofs:Bremmer:2009}}

==Old Irish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|sga|fá|ba|bá}}

===Etymology===
{{root|sga|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}
Apparently a derivative of some form of the copula {{m|sga|is}} that is from {{der|sga|ine-pro|*bʰuH-}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sga|[βa]}}

===Conjunction===
{{head|sga|conjunction|triggers lenition}}

# {{lb|sga|in indirect interrogative clauses}} [[or]]
{{seeCites|sga}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:DIL|head=1 fa, ba, fo|20964}}
* {{R:sga:GOI|p=291|s=464}}

==Old Swedish==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|gmq-osw|non|fá}}, from {{inh|gmq-osw|gem-pro|*fanhaną}}.

===Verb===
{{head|gmq-osw|verb|head=fā}}

# to [[seize]], [[take]]
# to [[get]], [[receive]]

====Conjugation====
{{gmq-osw-conj-st|fā|fik, fæk|fing|fang|head=fā|inf=fā|pressg=fār, fǣr|pres1pl=fām, -um, -om|pres2pl=fān, -in|pres3pl=fā|subjpressg=fā-, -i, -e|subjpres1pl=fām, -um, -om|subjpres2pl=fān, -in|subjpres3pl=fān, -in|imp1pl=fām, -um, -om|imp2pl=fān, -in|past2sg=fikt|prespcp=fāndi, -e|pastpcp=fangin (sup. fāt)|nomp=1}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|sv|få}}

==Phuthi==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|bnt-phu|bnt-pro|*-kúa}}.

===Verb===
{{bnt-phu-verb|fá}}

# to [[die]]

====Inflection====
{{rfinfl|bnt-phu|verb}}

==Scots==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sco|/fa/}}

===Pronoun===
{{sco-pron}}

# {{alt form|sco|wha|from=Doric Scots|t=who}}
#: {{ux|sco|'''Fa''''s this quine, en?|t='''Who''''s this girl, then?}}

==Shona==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sn|bnt-pro|*-kúa}}.

===Verb===
{{sn-verb|H}}

# to [[die]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|sn|rufu}}

==Sotho==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|st|bnt-pro|*-páa}}.

===Verb===
{{head|st|verb}}

# to [[give]]

==South Marquesan==
{{cardinalbox|mqm|3|4|5|toʻu|ʻima|ord=}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|mqm|poz-pol-pro|*fa}}, from {{inh|mqm|poz-oce-pro|*pat}}, from {{inh|mqm|pqe-pro|*pat}}, from {{der|mqm|poz-cet-pro|*pat}}, from {{inh|mqm|poz-pro|*əpat}}, from {{inh|mqm|map-pro|*Səpat}}.

===Numeral===
{{head|mqm|numeral}}

# {{cln|mqm|cardinal numbers}} [[four]]

{{C|mqm|Four}}

==Southern Ndebele==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nr|bnt-pro|*-kúa}}.

===Verb===
{{nr-verb|fá}}

# to [[die]]

====Inflection====
{{rfinfl|nr|verb}}

==Spanish==

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m|#}}

# {{l|en|fa}} {{gloss|fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|es|en fa
|ni fu ni fa
}}

===Interjection===
{{head|es|interjection}}

# {{lb|es|Argentina}} [[ew]], [[phew]] {{gloss|expression of disgust}}
#: {{syn|es|puaj|guácala}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

==Sranan Tongo==

===Etymology 1===
{{rfe|srn}}

====Adverb====
{{head|srn|adverb}}

# [[how]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|srn
|fa a waka
}}

====Conjunction====
{{head|srn|conjunction}}

# [[as soon as]]

===Etymology 2===
Short for a phrase such as {{m|srn|fa}} {{m|srn|fu}} {{m|srn|yu}}''?'' or {{m|srn|fa}} {{m|srn|a}} {{m|srn|e}} {{m|srn|go}}''?''

====Interjection====
{{head|srn|interjection|head=fa?}}

# [[hi]]; [[how are you]]?; [[how's it going]]?

==Swahili==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*-kúa}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|sw|Sw-ke-fa.flac|a=Kenya}}

===Verb===
{{sw-verb}}

# to [[die]]
#: {{syn|sw|Thesaurus:fa}}
# to [[stop]], [[come to an end]]

====Conjugation====
{{sw-conj}}

====Derived terms====
{{sw-der|appl=fia|pass=fiwa|pass-g=mourn, be bereaved|caus=fisha|caus-g=murder|nom=kifa|nom-g=death|nom2=mafa|nom-g2=cemetery}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|sw|fu|-fu|t=dead}}
* {{l|sw|kifo|t=death}}
* {{l|sw|mfu|t=dead person}}
* {{l|sw|ufu|t=death}}

===See also===
* {{l|sw|ua|-ua|kill}}

==Swazi==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ss|bnt-pro|*-kúa}}.

===Verb===
{{ss-verb|fá}}

# {{lb|ss|intransitive}} to [[die]]

====Inflection====
{{rfinfl|ss|verb}}

==Tarifit==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|rif}}

===Pronunciation===
{{rfp|rif}}

===Verb===
{{rif-verb}}

# {{lb|rif|intransitive}} to [[yawn]]

====Conjugation====
{{rfinfl|rif|verb}}

==Tsonga==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ts|bnt-pro|*-kúa}}.

===Verb===
{{head|ts|verb}}

# to [[die]]

==Turkish==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|tr|it|fa}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|tr|/fa/}}

===Noun===
{{tr-noun|yı|lar}}

# {{senseid|tr|note}} {{lb|tr|music}} [[#English|fa]] (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)
# [[F]] (musical note or key)

==Tuvaluan==
{{cardinalbox|tvl|3|4|5|tolu|lima|ord=}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|tvl|poz-pol-pro|*fa}}, from {{inh|tvl|poz-oce-pro|*pat}}, from {{inh|tvl|pqe-pro|*pat}}, from {{der|tvl|poz-cet-pro|*pat}}, from {{inh|tvl|poz-pro|*əpat}}, from {{inh|tvl|map-pro|*Səpat}}.

===Numeral===
{{head|tvl|numeral}}

# {{cln|tvl|cardinal numbers}} [[four]]

==Venda==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ve|bnt-pro|*-kúa}}.

===Verb===
{{head|ve|verb}}

# to [[die]]

==Venetan==

===Noun===
{{head|vec|noun|g=m|invariable}}

# {{lb|vec|music}} [[#English|fa]] {{qual|fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note}}
# [[F]] {{qual|musical note or key}}

===Adverb===
{{head|vec|adverb}}

# [[as]], [[like]]

==Volapük==

===Preposition===
{{head|vo|preposition}}

# [[by]] {{qual|indicating an agent}}

==West Makian==

===Conjunction===
{{head|mqs|conjunction}}

# [[or]]
#: {{uxi|mqs|win edeng '''fa''' iunge|t=two days '''or''' three}}

====References====
* {{R:mqs:Voorhoeve:1982}}

==Wuvulu-Aua==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|wuv|poz-oce-pro|*pat}}, from {{inh|wuv|pqe-pro|*pat}}, from {{der|wuv|poz-cet-pro|*əpat}}, from {{inh|wuv|poz-pro|*əpat}}, from {{inh|wuv|map-pro|*Səpat}}.

===Numeral===
{{head|wuv|numeral}}

# {{cln|wuv|cardinal numbers}} [[four]]

{{C|wuv|Four}}

==Xhosa==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|xh|bnt-pro|*-kúa}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|xh|[fá]}}

===Verb===
{{xh-verb|fá}}

# {{lb|xh|intransitive}} to [[die]]

====Inflection====
{{rfinfl|xh|verb}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|xh|umfi}}

==Yoruba==

===Etymology 1===

====Pronunciation====
*{{yo-IPA|fà}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|fà}}

# {{lb|yo|transitive|intransitive}} to [[pull]]
#: {{uxi|yo|mo '''fa''' aṣọ|I '''pulled''' the clothes}}
# {{lb|yo|transitive}} to [[suck]]
# {{lb|yo|intransitive}} to [[subside]], to [[reduce]]
#: {{uxi|yo|eéwó t'ó wú ti '''fà'''|The boil that was swollen has '''reduced'''}}
# to [[draw]], to [[sketch]]
#: {{uxi|yo|ó '''fa''' ìlà sórí ìwé|He '''drew''' a line on the piece of paper}}
# to [[become]] [[sluggish]]
#: {{uxi|yo|ọ̀lẹ́ '''fà''' tìì lẹ́nu iṣẹ́|The lazy person was '''sluggish''' at work}}
# to [[be]] [[elastic]], to be [[mucilaginous]] (as a [[soup]] or [[stew]]), to [[draw]]
#: {{syn|yo|yọ̀}}
#: {{uxi|yo|ọbẹ̀ ewédú náàá '''fà'''|This ewedu soup is '''mucilaginous'''}}
# {{lb|yo|intransitive}} to [[crawl]]
#: {{uxi|yo|bí ìgbín '''fà''', ìkarahun á tẹ̀lé e|When the snail '''crawls''' its shell shall follow it}}
# {{lb|yo|transitive}} to [[cause]], to [[bring about]]
#: {{uxi|yo|ìyà púpọ̀ ni ó '''fa''' ẹkún|Too much suffering is the '''cause''' of weeping}}
# {{lb|yo|transitive}} to [[long for]]
#: {{uxi|yo|ọkàn àwọn ọmọ́ '''fà''' mí|I '''longed for''' those children}}

=====Usage notes=====
* '''fa''' before a direct object

=====Synonyms=====
{{dialect synonyms|yo|fà}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|yo
|{{l|yo|ìfà}}
|{{l|yo|afà}}
|{{l|yo|ọfà}}
|{{l|yo|àfọwọ́fà}}
}}

===Etymology 2===

====Pronunciation====
*{{yo-IPA|fá}}

====Verb====
{{yo-verb|fá}}

# {{lb|yo|transitive}} to [[scrape]] or [[wipe off]]
#: {{uxi|yo|alápatàá '''fá''' awọ náà|The butcher '''wiped off''' the skin}}
# {{lb|yo|transitive}} to [[shave]]
#: {{uxi|yo|mo '''fá''' irun abíyá|I '''shaved''' my armpit hair}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|yo
|{{l|yo|ìfá}}
|{{l|yo|ẹ̀fá}}
|{{l|yo|fági}}
|{{l|yo|ìfábẹ̀lá|t=index finger}}
|{{l|yo|fálọ́wọ́}}
|{{l|yo|fáwọ̀}}
|{{l|yo|fárí|t=to be bald}}
}}

==Zulu==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|zu|bnt-pro|*-kúa}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{zu-IPA|fá}}

===Verb===
{{zu-verb|fá}}

# {{lb|zu|intransitive}} to [[die]]

====Inflection====
{{zu-infl-verb|H}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|zu|[[fela|-fela]]|[[fisa|-fisa]]|ifa|isifo|umufi}}

===References===
* {{R:zu:ZED||6.3|impr=yifa}}