fay

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

Fitted closely together.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To fit.
2. (transitive) To join (pieces of timber) tightly. The long edges of the staves of a barrel have to be fayed so that when it is assembled it will not leak.
3. (intransitive) Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.
4. (obsolete) To fadge.

Noun

A fairy.

Verb

To cleanse; clean out.

Noun

A white person.

Sinonieme

fairy

🧚

faerie

pixy

faery

ofay

sylph

elf

🧝

spirit

sprite

pixie

snug fit

undine

water nymph

Nereid

brownie

close fit

drive fit

faith

fit

genie

🧞

genii

mermaid

🧜‍♀️

naiad

nix

nymph

Vertalings

Fee

🧚

fée

🧚

fata

🧚

hada

🧚

fee

🧚

fada

🧚

fada

fada

🧚

νεράιδα

lutin

👿

duende

peri

🧚

Elfe

şakacı cin

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/feɪ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: feyen

Geërf van Old English: fēġan

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: fougje

Verwante met Fries: foegje

Verwante met Nederlands: voegen

Verwante met Duits: fügen

Verwante met Old English: fōn

Geërf van Middle English: faie

Geërf van Middle English: fegien

Verwante met Sweeds: feja

Verwante met Deens: feje

Verwante met Duits: fegen

Verwante met Nederlands: vegen

In summary

Inherited from Middle English feyen, feien, from Old English fēġan (“to join, unite”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (“to join”), from *fōgō (“joint, slot”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Akin to Saterland Frisian fougje (“to join, add”), West Frisian foegje (“to join, add”), Dutch voegen (“to add, place”), German Low German fögen (“to join, add”), German fügen (“to connect”), Old English fōn (“to catch”). More at fang.