føða

See also: føþa, foda, and föda

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fœða ‘to feed, to give birth’, from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-. Compare Icelandic fæða, Norwegian føde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈføːa/

Verb

føða (third person singular past indicative føddi, third person plural past indicative føtt, supine føtt)

  1. to bear, to give birth to

Conjugation

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