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faers

faers is the independent genitive case of fae.

Meaning of fae

Pronoun

fae (gender-neutral third-person-singular nominative, oblique and possessive adjective faer, possessive pronoun faers, reflexive faerself)

  1. (neologism, nonstandard, rare) A gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to singular they, and coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
    • Vandikas' parents, for example, haven't yet fully embraced the concept. Faer mother once asked faer to help her understand how fae would like her to talk about faer. Fae was encouraged, but faer mother's use of the pronouns didn't last – maybe, fae said, because it was such a foreign concept to the...2016 September 22, Kim Zarzour, “Language Matters”, in Parkdale Villager, Parkdale, Toronto, ON, page 15

Origin of faers

From faer + -s by analogy with hers.

Questions about faers

What is faers the independent genitive case of?
Faers is the independent genitive case of fae.

Words near faers in the dictionary

  1. Faeroe Islander
  2. Faeroe Islanders
  3. Faeroe Islands
  4. Faeroes
  5. Faeroese
  6. faers
  7. faerself
  8. faery
  9. Faery Wicca
  10. Faery Wiccan
  11. Faery Wiccans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: faers (page history and authors); fae (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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