feda

See also: Feđa, fèda, and fəda

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Noun

feda (plural feda dem, quantified feda)

1. feather

Galician

Verb

feda

1. inflection of feder:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English pedal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /féː.dàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɸéː.dàː]

Noun

fēdā̀ f (plural fēdōjī, possessed form fēdàr̃)

1. pedal (of a bicycle)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛda
• Hyphenation: fè‧da

Etymology 1

Adjective

feda

1. feminine singular of fedo

Etymology 2

Verb

feda

1. inflection of fedare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Inherited from English feather.

Noun

feda (plural feda dem, quantified feda)

1. feather

Further reading

• feda at majstro.com
• “A Learner’s Grammar of Jamaican”, in Open Grammar Project‎^[1], 2015, Glossary‎^[2]

Maltese

Root
f-d-j‎ (redeem)
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic فَدَى (fadā), which is also used in the Christian religious sense. The financial sense is probably a loan translation of or at least influenced by English redeem. Unrelated with borrowed fada (“to trust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛda

Verb

feda (imperfect jifdi, past participle mifdi, verbal noun fidi)

1. (also Christianity) to redeem; to ransom; to deliver
2. (finance) to redeem

Conjugation

Conjugation of feda (Form I, final-weak, e ~ i-i)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	fdejt	fdejt	feda	fdejna	fdejtu	fdew
	f			fdiet
imperfect	m	nifdi	tifdi	jifdi	nifdu	tifdu	jifdu
	f			tifdi
imperative			ifdi			ifdu
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	fdejtx	fdejtx	fediex	fdejniex	fdejtux	fdewx
	f			fdietx
imperfect	m	nifdix	tifdix	jifdix	nifdux	tifdux	jifdux
	f			tifdix
imperative			tifdix			tifdux

Occitan

Alternative forms

• fea (Vivaro-Alpine)

Etymology

From Old Occitan feda, from Latin fēta (“mother-sheep”), substantivization of the adjective fētus.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

Noun

feda f (plural fedas)

1. (Languedoc) sheep, specifically a ewe

Related terms

• fedon

Portuguese

Verb

feda

1. inflection of feder:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative