Part of speech: noun
Gender: feminine
Stem: -ō-
1. feather; swanes feðre swan's feathers; 2. pl (feðre) rar wings; 3. pen, quill (also feðer)
Etymology
[Mod E FETHER ← Prot-Germ *feþrō; O Fris fethere; O Sax fethara; Dt veer; OHG fedara, federa (Mod G Feder); O Icel fjǫðr (Mod Icel fjöður) ← Indo-Europ *petr-, *pet-; Sanskr pátram “wing; feather”; pátati “to fly”; Avest pata- “to fly”; Anc Gr πτερόν “wing; feather”; πετομαι “to fly”; Lat penna “feather; wing”; O Ir én “bird”]
Paradigm
1.1.2. (a)
(a) short-stemmed version: car-
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nouns, -ō- stem, feminine gender
caru
(care) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | caru | cara, care |
| genitive | care | cara, carena |
| dative (instrumental) | care | carum |
| accusative | care | cara, care |
The ending -ena in Gen pl is determined by the analogy with the weak declension
(b) long-stemmed version: heord-
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nouns, -ō- stem, feminine gender
heord
(ჯოგი; ფარა) |
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | heord | heorda, heorde |
| genitive | heorde | heorda, heordena |
| dative (instrumental) | heorde | heordum |
| accusative | heorde | heorda, heorde |
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