# f.
## English
### Etymology

The "and the following" sense is derived from an abbreviation of Latin foliō (“on the (next) page”), ablative of folium (“leaf, page”).

### Noun

f. (uncountable)
* (grammar) Abbreviation of feminine.

### Adjective

f. (not comparable)
* (grammar) Abbreviation of feminine.
* (biology) Abbreviation of form. Used in certain three-part names
* (postpositive) and the following (page, paragraph, etc.)
** 1941, Gershom Gerhard Scholem, “Index”, in Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism, reprint of third revised edition, published 1995, →ISBN, page 445:“Alphabet of Rabbi Akiba,” 51. 66. 360 f., 364 f., 367

#### Usage notes

* When used in the sense "and the following", f. usually has no space between it and the preceding number and is followed by a period. If more than one following section is meant, ff. is used.

#### Synonyms

* (and the following): et seq.

#### Related terms

* (and the following): ff.

#### Translations
## Faroese
### Etymology

Abbreviation of føddur m, fødd f

### Adjective

f.
* born
    Jóannes Patursson, f. 6. mai 1866 í Kirkjubø, d. 2. august 1946 (read: føddur)
       Jóannes Patursson, born 6th of May 1866 in Kirkjubø, died 2nd of August 1946
    Marita Petersen, f. 21. oktober 1940 í Vági, d. 26. august 2001 (read: fødd)
       Marita Petersen, born 21st of October 1940 in Vági, died 26th of August 2001

#### Antonyms

* d. (deyður, deyð: en: dead (deceased))

## German
### Noun

f.
* (grammar) Abbreviation of Femininum.

### Adjective

f. (indeclinable)
* (grammar) Abbreviation of feminin.
    Synonyms: w., (abbr for) weiblich
* (of a page) Abbreviation of folgende (singular) (“following”, “subsequent”); akin to English f., et seq.. Compare ff.
** 1926–8, Leumann–Hofmann–Szantyr, Lateinische Grammatik I: Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre (2nd ed., 1977), Formenlehre Nomen II.B, § 273:1.d, page 290:
    Lit. zu den Gentilicia (aus Patronymika): Schulze, EN 385 f. -eius, 432 ff. -eius (bei etrusk. Namenstämmen älter noch -aeus), 457 f. -eius und -uleius; dazu 284 lēguleius sterteius. – Unhaltbar ist die morphologische Analyse bei Schulze 435 f.: idg. Suffix -ios bei e/o-Nomina sowohl mit als ohne Stammauslaut, daher einerseits -e-ijos gr. -ειος lat. -eius, andrerseits gr. -ιος lat. -ius. Das Hauptzeugnis für gr. -ειος, der aeol. Gebrauch von patronym. -ειος bei o-Stämmen, ist eine Neuerung; dieses -ειος ist als Universalsuffix auch bei Kons.-Stämmen verwendet; und es stammt als -ios-Ableitung von den Namen auf -ης, so -ειος neben -ης in Thessalien, Schwyzer, Del. 567 (-ης als -εις geschrieben) l. 80 f. Ἱπποκράτειος, 99 f. Ἀντιφάνειος, 112 Ἀντιγένειος; auf Lesbos patronym. 623, 56 Ἱερογένειος, 640 Σωγένειος, weibl. 621, 11 als Name Ἑλλανοκράτεια; das Muster für mask. -γένειος usw. war vermutlich nicht-patronym. fem. -εια (hom. ἠριγένεια, Ἰφιγένεια, Εὐρύκλεια oder -κλέεια). – Unhaltbar über lat. -eius gleich griech. aeol. -ειος Solta 8⁷.Literature pertaining to nomina gentilicia (from patronyms): Schulze, EN 385 f. -eius, 432 ff. -eius (older still in Etruscan name stems -aeus), 457 f. -eius and -uleius; as in 284 lēguleius sterteius. – The morphological analysis in Schulze 435 f. is indefensible: Indo-Germanic suffix -ios with e/o-nouns both with and without stem-final vowels, hence on the one hand -e-ijos Greek -ειος Latin -eius, on the other hand Greek -ιος Latin -ius. The main evidence for Greek -ειος, the Aeolic use of patronymic -ειος with o-stems, is an innovation; this -ειος is used as a universal suffix with consonant stems; and it derives from nouns in -ης as a -ios-derivation, thus -ειος [is] near -ης in Thessaly, Schwyzer, Del. 567 (-ης written as -εις) vid. 80 f. Ἱπποκράτειος, 99 f. Ἀντιφάνειος, 112 Ἀντιγένειος; patronymic on Lesbos 623, 56 Ἱερογένειος, 640 Σωγένειος, fem. 621, 11 as the name Ἑλλανοκράτεια; the example for the masculine -γένειος etc. was presumably the non-patronymic fem. -εια (Homeric ἠριγένεια, Ἰφιγένεια, Εὐρύκλεια or -κλέεια). – Indefensible in Latin -eius like Aeolic Greek -ειος Solta 8⁷.

### Preposition

f. [with accusative]
* Abbreviation of für.

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfojoː]

### Adjective

f. (not comparable)
* Abbreviation of folyó (“current”).

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Abbreviation of fæddur.

### Adjective

f. (indeclinable)
* born
    Antonym: d. (“dead”) (abbreviation of dauður)

## Lithuanian
### Noun

f. f (indeclinable)
* Abbreviation of fòrma.

### See also

* pagr. f.

## Swedish
### Adjective

f.
* (lexicography) born; Abbreviation of född.
* former; Abbreviation of förre.

### Preposition

f.
* for, of; Abbreviation of för.
    Inst. f. datalogi
       Dept. of computer science

### See also

* f.d.
* f.Kr.

## Walloon
### Adjective

f.
* Abbreviation of femrin.