farrow

Meaning

Noun

A litter of piglets.

Verb

To give birth to (a litter of piglets).

Adj

Not pregnant; not producing young (not calving) in a given season or year; barren.

Synonyms

pig

🐖

farrowing

young pig

barren

dry

a litter of pigs

cowhide

litter

piglet

Translations

ferkeln

parir

parir

portée

Wurf

Rind-

porcellar

γεννώ

gelt

γενώ χοιρίδια

χοιρίδια

cochon

porc

Wurf Ferkel

nicht trächtig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfæɹəʊ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: *farow

Inherited from Old English: fearh

Cognate with Old High German: farah

Cognate with Middle Irish: orc

Cognate with Latin: porcus

Cognate with Lithuanian: par̃šas

In summary

From Middle English *farow, *fargh (found only in the plural faren), from Old English fearh (“piglet”), from Proto-West Germanic *farh, from Proto-Germanic *farhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos, from *perḱ- (“to dig”).
See also Old High German farah, Middle Irish orc (“piglet”), Latin porcus, Proto-Slavic *porsę (“pig, piglet”), Lithuanian par̃šas, Avestan: 𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬯𐬀 (pər^əsa). Doublet of pork.