fend

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛnd/ Rhymes: -ɛnd === Etymology 1 === From Middle English fenden (“defend, fight, prevent”), shortening of defenden (“defend”), from Old French deffendre (Modern French défendre), from Latin dēfendō (“to ward off”), from dē- +‎ *fendō (“hit, thrust”), from Proto-Italic *fendō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“strike, kill”). ==== Verb ==== fend (third-person singular simple present fends, present participle fending, simple past and past participle fended) (intransitive) To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being. 1990, Messrs Howley and Murphy, quoted in U.S. House Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Oversight hearing on the Federal Service Contract Act,[1] U.S. Government Printing Office, page 40, Mr. Howley. They are telling him how much they will increase the reimbursement for the total labor cost. The contractor is left to fend as he can. Chairman Murphy. Obviously, he can’t fend for any more than the money he has coming in. (rare, except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== fend (uncountable) (obsolete) Self-support; taking care of one's own well-being. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English fēnd, feond, from Old English fēond (“adversary, foe, enemy, fiend, devil, Satan”), from Proto-Germanic *fijandz, present participle of *fijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hate”). More at fiend. ==== Noun ==== fend (plural fends) (UK dialectal) An enemy; fiend; the Devil. === Anagrams === Fed'n, def'n, defn == Albanian == === Alternative forms === fên — Gheg fënd, fënt — Tosk === Etymology === Whether fendë (“fart”) derives from fend or viceversa is unclear. Ultimate origin may be: Possibly from a tentative root Proto-Indo-European *sp(ʰ)end- (“to twitch, wriggle”) whence also Ancient Greek σφαδᾴζω (sphadāízō, “to shiver, tremble”), Sanskrit स्पन्द् (spand, “to quiver, shake”). A connection with Venetan fiandrina (“fart”) is not enough substantiated. Alternatively analysable as a back-formation from fënduk (“cowardly, timid”), which may be borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فندق (funduk, fındık, literally “hazelnut”), also attested dialectally meaning “arse; flirtatious woman”, compare Aromanian fãndãc, fãndec (“arse”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfend/ (Tosk) IPA(key): [ˈfənt] Rhymes: -end === Verb === fend (aorist fenda, participle fendur) (intransitive) to fart, break wind silently Synonym: pjerdh (dialectal) to gossip Synonyms: gojos, llafos ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== References ==== FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980, page 460b Mann, S. E. (1948), “fënd”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 105a Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904), “φένd”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikón tís Alvanikís glóssis] (in Greek), Athens, page 459 Rossi, F. (1875), “fènd”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 366b == French == === Pronunciation === === Verb === fend third-person singular present indicative of fendre == Hungarian == === Etymology === fen +‎ -d === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfɛnd] Hyphenation: fend === Verb === fend second-person singular imperative present definite of fen Synonym: fenjed == Manx == === Etymology === From English fend. === Verb === fend (verbal noun fendeil, past participle fendit) to protect, defend === Mutation === == Middle English == === Alternative forms === feend, feind, feond, feont, feynt, find, fiend, fond, fund, fynd, vend, veond viend, vyend (Kent) === Etymology === From Old English fēond, from Proto-West Germanic *fijand, from Proto-Germanic *fijandz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /feːnd/, /fɛnd/ IPA(key): /vøːnd/ (West Midland or Southern) === Noun === fend (plural fendes) An enemy, foe or fiend. Satan, the Devil. A demon, devil, or evil spirit, especially one that possesses people. A monster. ==== Descendants ==== English: fiend, fend Scots: fient Yola: feand ==== References ==== “fẹ̄nd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 January 2018.