ferja

== Faroese == === Noun === ferja f (genitive singular ferju, plural ferjur) ferry ==== Declension ==== === Verb === ferja (third person singular past indicative ferjaði, third person plural past indicative ferjað, supine ferjað) to ferry ==== Conjugation ==== == Gothic == === Romanization === ferja romanization of 𐍆𐌴𐍂𐌾𐌰 == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɛrja/ Rhymes: -ɛrja === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== ferja f (genitive singular ferju, nominative plural ferjur) ferry Synonym: ferjubátur ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ferjumaður ferjutollur === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== ferja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ferjaði, supine ferjað) to ferry ===== Conjugation ===== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === ferjen m === Noun === ferja f definite feminine singular of ferje == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === ferja f (definite singular ferja, indefinite plural ferjer or ferjor, definite plural ferjene or ferjone) definite singular of ferje (pre-2012) alternative form of ferje == Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *farjǭ, from the verb in etymology 2 below. ==== Noun ==== ferja f (genitive ferju) ferry ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: ferja Faroese: ferja Norwegian Nynorsk: ferje, ferja, ferju → Norwegian Bokmål: ferje Old Swedish: færia Swedish: färja Old Danish: færje Danish: færge Norwegian Bokmål: ferge → Middle English: ferie (influenced by native verb ferien) English: ferry (noun) ==== Further reading ==== Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “ferja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Germanic *farjaną and *farjōną. The former is the causative of *faraną. The latter is a denominal derivation from *farjǭ (etymology 1), itself deverbal from the former verb. ==== Verb ==== ferja (singular present indicative ferr or ferjar, singular past indicative farði or ferjaði) to ferry ===== Conjugation ===== Due to its twofold etymology, ferja is inflected as both a short class 1 weak verb and a class 2 weak verb. ==== Further reading ==== Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “ferja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive