Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to farb
Participle: farbbed
Gerund: farbbing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | farb |
| you | farb |
| he;she;it | farbs |
| we | farb |
| you | farb |
| they | farb |
Perfect
| I | have farbbed |
| you | have farbbed |
| he;she;it | has farbbed |
| we | have farbbed |
| you | have farbbed |
| they | have farbbed |
Past
| I | farbbed |
| you | farbbed |
| he;she;it | farbbed |
| we | farbbed |
| you | farbbed |
| they | farbbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had farbbed |
| you | had farbbed |
| he;she;it | had farbbed |
| we | had farbbed |
| you | had farbbed |
| they | had farbbed |
Future
| I | will farb |
| you | will farb |
| he;she;it | will farb |
| we | will farb |
| you | will farb |
| they | will farb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have farbbed |
| you | will have farbbed |
| he;she;it | will have farbbed |
| we | will have farbbed |
| you | will have farbbed |
| they | will have farbbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | farb |
| you | farb |
| he;she;it | farb |
| we | farb |
| you | farb |
| they | farb |
Perfect
| I | have farbbed |
| you | have farbbed |
| he;she;it | have farbbed |
| we | have farbbed |
| you | have farbbed |
| they | have farbbed |
Imperfect
| I | farbbed |
| you | farbbed |
| he;she;it | farbbed |
| we | farbbed |
| you | farbbed |
| they | farbbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had farbbed |
| you | had farbbed |
| he;she;it | had farbbed |
| we | had farbbed |
| you | had farbbed |
| they | had farbbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would farb |
| you | would farb |
| he;she;it | would farb |
| we | would farb |
| you | would farb |
| they | would farb |
Perfect
| I | would have farbbed |
| you | would have farbbed |
| he;she;it | would have farbbed |
| we | would have farbbed |
| you | would have farbbed |
| they | would have farbbed |
Imperative
| you | farb |
| we | Let's farb |
| you | farb |
Verbs conjugated like 'farb'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'farb'
arb,
barb,
fab,
fard,
fare,
fark,
farl,
farm,
fart,
garb,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Disputed. Various explanations of the origin are given:
2. * That it is a contraction of the phrase "far be it from me to criticize anyone, but...", or of "far below" (the expected standard).
3. * That it comes from the German word Farbe ("colour") (many fabrics dyed with modern dyes are "too colourful" to be authentic, by comparison with their historical originals).
4. * There exists a letter dated 1 April 1863 from an A.R. Crawford in the 76th Illinois Infantry, Co D, that uses the phrase, "fallacious accoutrements & reprehensible baggage," in description of six children posing in phony military gear during a sham reenactment that took place during the actual Civil War. Many point to this phrase as the origin of the word, citing "farb" as an acronym.
5. * Many early replica rifles were marked with what looked like "F.A.R.B." among the proofmarks. Removing this would make the rifle look more authentic.
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