Meaning of fa | Babel Free

Definitions

A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.

Examples

“gurab Alba fá hainm don chrích sin”

that that country’s name was Scotland

“Is leomhan Ó mBriun an bhean / siur ga seoladh [ar] a son, / síol na n-ealta fa díon damh, / síol glan nach ba creachta ar gcrodh.”

A lion-hero of the Í Bhriuin is this lady, a sister that guides them by her words; noble the offspring of that flock, my guardians (ensuring) that all I own be safe from harrying.

“gurab Alba fá hainm don chrích sin”

that that country’s name was Scotland

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