farfar

From far +‎ far. From Old Norse fǫðurfaðir (literally “father's father”). Compare Icelandic föðurfaðir, Norwegian farfar, Swedish farfar.

• IPA^(key): /faːˀrfaːr/, [ˈfɑˀˌfɑː]

farfar (singular definite farfaren or farfaderen, plural indefinite farfædre)

1. paternal grandfather

• “farfar” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Arabic فَرْفَرَ (farfara).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfar.far/
• Rhymes: -arfar

farfar (imperfect jfarfar, past participle mfarfar)

1. to brush off, to swipe away

From far +‎ far.

farfar m (definite singular farfaren, indefinite plural farfedre, definite plural farfedrene)

1. paternal grandfather

• “farfar” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From far +‎ far.

farfar m (definite singular farfaren, indefinite plural farfedrar, definite plural farfedrane)

1. paternal grandfather

• “farfar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• farfader (uncommon)

far +‎ far

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farfar c

1. a father's father; a paternal grandfather

• farfar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• farfar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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farfar (Tifinagh spelling ⴼⴰⵔⴼⴰⵔ)

1. (intransitive) to fly away
2. (intransitive) to flap the wings, to flutter

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• Verbal noun: afarfar