Lemizh / English dictionary
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fnà.
to try (to do) something-acc
fnÌ., fnÙl. manage to do something-acc, succeed in doing something-acc
Etymology
gender change of
< NLem fing‑a
< LMLem, MLem fifing‑a ‘desire’
< OLem fifing‑
< PLem *fifing‑, i-reduplicated athematic present of
< PIE *h₃ei̯g̑ʰ‑
Cognates
Gk ἰχανάω ‘crave, yearn’