faðir
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Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
faðir m (genitive singular faðirs or føður , plural fedrar)
Declension[edit]
| m43 | Singular | Plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | faðir | faðirin | fedrar | fedrarnir |
| Accusative | faðir | faðirin | fedrar | fedrarnar |
| Dative | faðir | faðirinum | fedrum | fedrunum |
| Genitive | faðirs | faðirsins | fedra | fedranna |
Anagrams[edit]
Usage notes[edit]
The oblique singular form føður is very rare and limited to poetry.
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse faðir (“a father”), from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
faðir m (genitive singular föður, plural feður)
- a father syn.
- Judges 2:19
- En er dómarinn andaðist, breyttu þeir að nýju verr en feður þeirra, með því að elta aðra guði til þess að þjóna þeim og falla fram fyrir þeim. Þeir létu eigi af gjörðum sínum né þrjóskubreytni sinni.
- But when the judge died, the people returned to ways even more corrupt than those of their ancestors, following other gods and serving and worshiping them. They refused to give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
- En er dómarinn andaðist, breyttu þeir að nýju verr en feður þeirra, með því að elta aðra guði til þess að þjóna þeim og falla fram fyrir þeim. Þeir létu eigi af gjörðum sínum né þrjóskubreytni sinni.
- Judges 2:19
Declension[edit]
declension of faðir
Derived terms[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Noun[edit]
faðir m (genitive fǫður, plural feðr)
- father
- ᚼᛅᚱᛅᛚᛏᚱ ᛬ ᚴᚢᚾᚢᚴᛦ ᛬ ᛒᛅᚦ ᛬ ᚴᛅᚢᚱᚢᛅ / ᚴᚢᛒᛚ ᛬ ᚦᛅᚢᛋᛁ ᛬ ᛅᚠᛏ ᛬ ᚴᚢᚱᛘ ᚠᛅᚦᚢᚱ ᛋᛁᚾ
- haraltr : kunukR : baþ : kaurua / kubl : þausi : aft : kurm faþur sin.
- King Haraldr ordered this monument made in memory of Gormr, his father. — 10th century inscription on the Runestone of Harald Bluetooth, one of the Jelling stones.
Declension[edit]
declension of faðir
Descendants[edit]
Categories:
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Faroese masculine nouns
- Faroese nouns
- fo:Family
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic nouns
- is:Family
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse nouns
- non:Family