# faa
## English
### Noun

faa (plural faas)
* The letter ف in the Arabic script.

### Anagrams

* A.A.F., AAF, AFA

## Alemannic German
### Alternative forms

* faahe

### Etymology

From Old High German fāhan, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Compare German fahen, fangen, Dutch vangen, English fang, Icelandic fá.

### Verb

faa
* (Uri) to catch

#### Conjugation

Strong:
| infinitive | infinitive | faa | faa | faa | faa | faa | faa |
| past participle | past participle | gfange | gfange | gfange | gfange | gfange | gfange |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person ich, i | 2nd person du | 3rd person er/si/es | 1st person mir | 2nd person ir | 3rd person si |
| indicative | present | faa | faasch | fat | faa | fängt | faa |
| subjunctive | present | fëë, fäng, fängi | fëëesch, fängesch | fëë, fäng, fängi | fëëe, fänge | fëëet, fänget | fëëe, fänge |
| subjunctive | past | fieng, fiengi | fiengesch | fieng, fiengi | fienge | fienget | fienge |
| imperative | affirmative | — | fach | — | — | fäänt | — |
Mixed:
| infinitive | infinitive | faa | faa | faa | faa | faa | faa |
| past participle | past participle | gfange | gfange | gfange | gfange | gfange | gfange |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person ich, i | 2nd person du | 3rd person er/si/es | 1st person mir | 2nd person ir | 3rd person si |
| indicative | present | faa | faasch | fat | faa | fängt | faa |
| subjunctive | present | fëë, fäng, fängi | fëëesch, fängesch | fëë, fäng, fängi | fëëe, fänge | fëëet, fänget | fëëe, fänge |
| subjunctive | past | fät, fätti | fättesch | fät, fätti | fätte | fättet | fätte |
| imperative | affirmative | — | fach | — | — | fäänt | — |

### References

* Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 86.

## Jamamadí
### Noun

faa
* (Banawá) water

### References

* 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

## Middle English
### Noun

faa
* Alternative form of fo

## Scots
### Verb

faa
* fall

## Swahili
### Etymology

Of Bantu origin.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-faa (infinitive kufaa)
* to fit
* to be suitable or useful
    Synonym: halisi

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -faa :
| Positive present | -nafaa |
| Subjunctive | -fae |
| Negative | -fai |
| Imperative singular | faa |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kufaa |
| Negative | kutofaa |
Imperatives :
| Singular | faa |
| Plural | faeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | hufaa |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lifaa |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kufaa |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tafaa |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tafaa |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sifae |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngefaa |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singefaa |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalifaa |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalifaa |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mefaa |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshafaa |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jafaa |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kifaa |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipofaa |
| Consecutive | kafaa / positive subject concord + -kafaa |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kafae |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Nominal derivations:
** kifaa (“tool, device”)
** mafao (“advantage, benefit, profit”)

## Woleaian
### Etymology

From Proto-Micronesian *faasa.

### Noun

faa
* string, cord, band, lace
    Gasi faa yeel!Take this string!

### References

* Bender, Byron W., Goodenough, Ward H., Jackson, Frederick H., Marck, Jeffrey C., Sohn, Ho-Min, Trussel, Stephen, Wang, Judith W. (2003) “Proto-Micronesian reconstructions: I”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 42, number 1, →DOI, pages 1-110
* Sohn, Ho-Mihn, Tawerilmang, Anthony F. (1976) “faa”, in Woleaian-English Dictionary, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 52