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Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#FEND Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷʰen-#FEND

From Middle English Category:English terms inherited from Middle English#FEND Category:English terms derived from Middle English#FEND fenden (“defend, fight, prevent”), shortening of defenden (“defend”), from Old French Category:English terms derived from Old French#FEND deffendre (Modern French défendre), from Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#FEND dēfendō (“to ward off”), from dē- +‎ *fendō (“hit, thrust”), from Proto-Italic Category:English terms derived from Proto-Italic#FEND *fendō, from Proto-Indo-European Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#FEND *gʷʰen- (“strike, kill”).

Verb

fend (third-person singular simple present fends, present participle fending, simple past and past participle fended)Category:English lemmas#FEND Category:English verbs#FEND Category:English entries with incorrect language header#FEND Category:Pages with entries#FEND Category:Pages with 6 entries#FEND

(intransitive Category:English intransitive verbs#FEND) To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.
- 1990, Messrs Howley and Murphy, quoted in U.S. House Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Oversight hearing on the Federal Service Contract Act, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 40,
  Mr. Howley. They are telling him how much they will increase the reimbursement for the total labor cost. The contractor is left to fend as he can.
  
  Chairman Murphy. Obviously, he can’t fend for any more than the money he has coming in.
- 2003, Scott Turow, Reversible Errors, page 376:
  The planet was full of creatures in need, who could not really fend, and the law was at its best when it ensured that they were treated with dignity.
  Category:English terms with quotations#FEND
(rare Category:English terms with rare senses#FEND, except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off).
- 1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
  With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold.
  Category:English terms with quotations#FEND
- 1999, Luo Guanzhong, translated by Moss Roberts, Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel, page 39:
  He fends, he blocks, too skillful to be downed.
  Category:English terms with quotations#FEND
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- 2002, Jude Deveraux, A Knight in Shining Armor, page 187:
  “ […] My age is lot like yours. Lone women do not fare well. If I were not there to fend for you, you—”
  Category:English terms with quotations#FEND

Derived terms

Translations

to take care of or responsibility for oneself

to defend, block or push away

Albanian

Alternative forms

fên — Gheg
fënd, fënt — Tosk

Etymology

Whether fendë (“fart”) derives from fend or viceversa is unclear. Ultimate origin may be:

Possibly from a tentative root Proto-Indo-European Category:Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#FEND Category:Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#FEND *sp(ʰ)end- (“to twitch, wriggle”) whence also Ancient Greek σφαδᾴζω (sphadāízō, “to shiver, tremble”), Sanskrit स्पन्द् (spand, “to quiver, shake”).^[1]
A connection with Venetan fiandrina (“fart”)^[2] is not enough substantiated.
Alternatively analysable as a back-formation from fënduk (“cowardly, timid”)Category:Albanian back-formations#FEND, which may be borrowed from Ottoman Turkish Category:Albanian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish#FEND Category:Albanian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#FEND فندق (funduk, fındık, literally “hazelnut”), also attested dialectally meaning “arse; flirtatious woman”, compare Aromanian fãndãc, fãndec (“arse”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfend/Category:Albanian 1-syllable words#FEND Category:Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation#FEND
(Tosk) IPA^(key): [ˈfənt]Category:Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation#FEND
Rhymes: -end Category:Rhymes:Albanian/end#FEND Category:Rhymes:Albanian/end/1 syllable#FEND

Verb

fend (aorist fenda, participle fendur)Category:Albanian lemmas#FEND Category:Albanian verbs#FEND Category:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#FEND Category:Pages with entries#FEND Category:Pages with 6 entries#FEND (intransitive Category:Albanian intransitive verbs#FEND)

to fart, break wind silently
Synonym: pjerdh
(dialectal Category:Albanian dialectal terms#FEND) to gossip
Synonyms: gojos, llafos

Conjugation

Standard Albanian conjugation of fend (active voice)

Show compound tenses:

singular			plural
		participle		fendur


		gerund		duke fendur
		infinitive		për të fendur
1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.	1st pers.	2nd pers.	3rd pers.
indicative	present	fend	fend	fend	fendim	fendni	fendin
	imperfect	fendja	fendje	fendte	fendnim	fendnit	fendnin
	aorist	fenda	fende	fendi	fendëm	fendët	fendën





perfect	kam fendur	ke fendur	ka fendur	kemi fendur	keni fendur	kanë fendur
past perfect	kisha fendur	kishe fendur	kishte fendur	kishim fendur	kishit fendur	kishin fendur
aorist II	pata fendur	pate fendur	pati fendur	patëm fendur	patët fendur	patën fendur
future¹	do të fend	do të fendësh	do të fendë	do të fendim	do të fendni	do të fendin
future perfect²	do të kem fendur	do të kesh fendur	do të ketë fendur	do të kemi fendur	do të keni fendur	do të kenë fendur
subjunctive	present	të fend	të fendësh	të fendë	të fendim	të fendni	të fendin




imperfect	të fendja	të fendje	të fendte	të fendnim	të fendnit	të fendnin
perfect	të kem fendur	të kesh fendur	të ketë fendur	të kemi fendur	të keni fendur	të kenë fendur
past perfect	të kisha fendur	të kishe fendur	të kishte fendur	të kishim fendur	të kishit fendur	të kishin fendur
conditional^{1, 2}	imperfect	do të fendja	do të fendje	do të fendte	do të fendnim	do të fendnit	do të fendnin
conditional^{1, 2}	past perfect	do të kisha fendur	do të kishe fendur	do të kishte fendur	do të kishim fendur	do të kishit fendur	do të kishin fendur
optative	present	fendsha	fendsh	fendtë	fendshim	fendshi	fendshin
optative
perfect	paça fendur	paç fendur	pastë fendur	paçim fendur	paçit fendur	paçin fendur
admirative	present	fendkam	fendke	fendka	fendkemi	fendkeni	fendkan
	imperfect	fendkësha	fendkëshe	fendkësh	fendkëshim	fendkëshit	fendkëshin


perfect	paskam fendur	paske fendur	paska fendur	paskemi fendur	paskeni fendur	paskan fendur
past perfect	paskësha fendur	paskëshe fendur	paskësh fendur	paskëshim fendur	paskëshit fendur	paskëshin fendur
imperative	present	—	fend	—	—	fendni	—
¹) indicative future identical with conditional present ²) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect

Derived terms

References

↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “fend”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 95
↑ Meyer, G. (1891), “fend”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 101

FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980, page 460b
Mann, S. E. (1948), “fënd”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 105a
Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904), “φένd”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikón tís Alvanikís glóssis] (in Greek), Athens, page 459
Rossi, F. (1875), “fènd”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 366b

French

Pronunciation

Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#FEND
Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#FEND

Verb

fendCategory:French non-lemma forms#FEND Category:French verb forms#FEND Category:French entries with incorrect language header#FEND Category:Pages with entries#FEND Category:Pages with 6 entries#FEND

third-person singular present indicative of fendre

Hungarian

Etymology

fen +‎ -d

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfɛnd]Category:Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation#FEND
Hyphenation: fend

Verb

fendCategory:Hungarian non-lemma forms#FEND Category:Hungarian verb forms#FEND Category:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#FEND Category:Pages with entries#FEND Category:Pages with 6 entries#FEND

second-person singular imperative present definite of fen
Synonym: fenjed

Manx

Etymology

From English Category:Manx terms borrowed from English#FEND Category:Manx terms derived from English#FEND fend.

Verb

fend (verbal noun fendeil, past participle fendit)Category:Manx lemmas#FEND Category:Manx verbs#FEND Category:Manx entries with incorrect language header#FEND Category:Pages with entries#FEND Category:Pages with 6 entries#FEND

to protect, defend

Mutation

Mutation of *fend*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
fend	end	vend

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle English

Alternative forms

feend, feind, feond, feont, feynt, find, fiend, fond, fund, fynd, vend, veond
viend, vyend (Kent)

Etymology

From Old English Category:Middle English terms inherited from Old English#FEND Category:Middle English terms derived from Old English#FEND fēond, from Proto-West Germanic Category:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#FEND Category:Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#FEND *fijand, from Proto-Germanic Category:Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#FEND Category:Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#FEND *fijandz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /feːnd/, /fɛnd/Category:Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation#FEND
IPA^(key): /vøːnd/ (West Midland or Southern)Category:Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation#FEND

Noun

fendCategory:Middle English lemmas#FEND Category:Middle English nouns#FEND Category:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#FEND Category:Pages with entries#FEND Category:Pages with 6 entries#FEND (plural fendes)

An enemy, foe or fiend.
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Matheu 4:24, folio 1, verso, column 1, lines 18–23; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
  and hıs fame .· wente in to al ſirie / ⁊ þei bꝛouȝten to hĩ alle þat weren at male eeſe · ⁊ þat weren take wiþ dyīiſe langoꝛes ⁊ turmentis / and hem þat haddẽ fendis · ⁊ lunatik men · ⁊ men in þe paleſie .· ⁊ he heelide hem /
  And his fame went into all Syria; and they brought to him all that were at mal-ease, and that were taken with diverse languors and torments, and them that had fiends, and lunatic men, and men in palsy, and he healed them.
  Category:Middle English terms with quotations#FEND
Satan, the Devil.
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Matheu 4:1, folio 2, recto, column 2, lines 3–4; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
  Thanne ıḣc was lad of a ſpirit in to deſert .· to be temptid of þe fend /
  Then Jesus was led of a Spirit into desert, to be tempted of the fiend.
  Category:Middle English terms with quotations#FEND
A demon, devil, or evil spirit, especially one that possesses people.
A monster.

Descendants

English: fiend, fend
Scots: fient
Yola: feand

References

“fẹ̄nd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 10 January 2018.

[1] Orel, Vladimir (1998), “fend”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 95

[2] Meyer, G. (1891), “fend”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 101

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