frá

See also: fra, Fra, FRA, frå, fra-, and fra.

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /frauː/
  • Rhymes: -auː

Preposition

frá

  1. (with dative) from, away from, about

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • bíta frá sér
  • dag frá degi (from one day to the next)
  • fara frá
  • frá morgni til kvölds (from morning to evening)
  • segja frá (to tell about)
  • upp frá því (from then on)
  • vera ekki frá því að
  • vera frá, koma frá (to come from, to be from, to hail from)
  • vera frá sér (to be out of one's mind)

Adverb

frá

  1. (adverbial form of preposition, used in compounds)

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • héðan í frá (from now on)
  • til og frá (to and fro)
  • út í frá (among strangers)
  • vera af og frá (to be out of the question)

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Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fram (“from”), from Proto-Germanic *promo- (“forth, forward”). Cognate with Old English fram, Old Saxon fram, Old Dutch fram-, Old High German fram, Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 (fram).

Preposition

frá

  1. (with dative) from, away from, about

Adverb

frá (not comparable)

  1. away
  2. hence, henceforth
  3. secondly, next
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

frá

  1. singular indicative past tense of fregna
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