fanga
English
Etymology
From Portuguese fanga, from Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa, “sack”), from Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqa). Doublet of fanega.
Noun
fanga (plural fangas)
- (historical) A traditional Portuguese dry measure, equal to about 50–75 liters at different places and times.
Coordinate terms
Anagrams
Bambara
Noun
fanga
- power, force
- Fanga b'a la.
- He is strong
- Amadu Tumani Ture sigira fanga la tuguni.
- Amadu Tumani Ture is in power again.
- authority
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin vanga. Influenced by fang (“mud”), because the tool is often used on muddy soil or muck.
Pronunciation
Noun
fanga f (plural fangues)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fanga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Icelandic
Etymology
Likely a loanword from Middle Low German fangen, from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Doublet of fá (“to get, to receive”).
Pronunciation
Verb
fanga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative fangaði, supine fangað)
Conjugation
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að fanga | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
fangað | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
fangandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég fanga | við föngum | present (nútíð) |
ég fangi | við föngum |
þú fangar | þið fangið | þú fangir | þið fangið | ||
hann, hún, það fangar | þeir, þær, þau fanga | hann, hún, það fangi | þeir, þær, þau fangi | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég fangaði | við fönguðum | past (þátíð) |
ég fangaði | við fönguðum |
þú fangaðir | þið fönguðuð | þú fangaðir | þið fönguðuð | ||
hann, hún, það fangaði | þeir, þær, þau fönguðu | hann, hún, það fangaði | þeir, þær, þau fönguðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
fanga (þú) | fangið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
fangaðu | fangiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að fangast | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
fangast | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
fangandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég fangast | við föngumst | present (nútíð) |
ég fangist | við föngumst |
þú fangast | þið fangist | þú fangist | þið fangist | ||
hann, hún, það fangast | þeir, þær, þau fangast | hann, hún, það fangist | þeir, þær, þau fangist | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég fangaðist | við fönguðumst | past (þátíð) |
ég fangaðist | við fönguðumst |
þú fangaðist | þið fönguðust | þú fangaðist | þið fönguðust | ||
hann, hún, það fangaðist | þeir, þær, þau fönguðust | hann, hún, það fangaðist | þeir, þær, þau fönguðust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
fangast (þú) | fangist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
fangastu | fangisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
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masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
fangaður | fönguð | fangað | fangaðir | fangaðar | fönguð | |
accusative (þolfall) |
fangaðan | fangaða | fangað | fangaða | fangaðar | fönguð | |
dative (þágufall) |
fönguðum | fangaðri | fönguðu | fönguðum | fönguðum | fönguðum | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
fangaðs | fangaðrar | fangaðs | fangaðra | fangaðra | fangaðra | |
weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
nominative (nefnifall) |
fangaði | fangaða | fangaða | fönguðu | fönguðu | fönguðu | |
accusative (þolfall) |
fangaða | fönguðu | fangaða | fönguðu | fönguðu | fönguðu | |
dative (þágufall) |
fangaða | fönguðu | fangaða | fönguðu | fönguðu | fönguðu | |
genitive (eignarfall) |
fangaða | fönguðu | fangaða | fönguðu | fönguðu | fönguðu |
Related terms
Italian
Noun
fanga f (uncountable)
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Verb
fanga
- inflection of fange:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
fanga n
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German vangen and Old Norse fanga.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Verb
fanga (present tense fangar, past tense fanga, past participle fanga, passive infinitive fangast, present participle fangande, imperative fanga/fang)
See also
References
- “fanga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
fanga f
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
fanga
- inflection of fango:
Further reading
- fanga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (faníqa, “sack”), from Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqa). Cognate with Spanish fanega.
Pronunciation
Noun
fanga m (plural fangas)
- (historical) fanga, Portuguese sack, a traditional unit of dry volume equal to about 50–75 litres at different places and times
Coordinate terms
Silesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fanga f
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Verb
fanga
- to catch
Noun
fanga
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