faðir
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Cognate with English father, German Vater, Icelandic faðir, Norwegian far, fader, Danish far, fader, Swedish far, fader.
Pronunciation
Noun
faðir m (genitive singular faðirs or føður, plural fedrar)
Usage notes
The oblique singular form føður is very rare and limited to poetry.
Declension
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
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse faðir (“father”), from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Cognate with English father, German Vater, Faroese faðir, Norwegian far, fader, Danish far, fader, Swedish far, fader.
Pronunciation
Noun
faðir m (genitive singular föður, nominative plural feður)
- fatherTemplate:jump
- 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.
- Ég lít upp til föður míns.
- I look up to my father.
- Hvað heitir faðir þinn aftur?
- What's your father's name again?
- Judges 2:19
Declension
Declension of faðir | ||||
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faðir | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | faðir | faðirinn | feður | feðurnir |
accusative | föður | föðurinn | feður | feðurna |
dative | föður | föðurnum | feðrum | feðrunum |
genitive | föður | föðurins | feðra | feðranna |
Synonyms
- Template:jump pabbi, pápi, babbi (child term)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fadēr (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Cognate with Old English fæder, Old Frisian feder, Old Saxon fadar, Old High German fater, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 (fadar).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "12th century Icelandic" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈfɑðɪr/
Noun
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
Descendants
- Elfdalian: faðer
- Faroese: faðir
- Gutnish: far, fadar, fadur
- Icelandic: faðir
- Norn:
- Norwegian: far, fader
- Old Danish: faþir, fathær
- Old Swedish: faþir, fadher, fadhir, ᚠᛆᚦᛁᚱ
- Scanian: faðer
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.
- Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse
- Faroese terms derived from Old Norse
- Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Faroese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Faroese/ɛaːjɪɹ
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese masculine nouns
- fo:Family
- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Icelandic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Icelandic 2-syllable words
- Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Icelandic/aːðɪr
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic masculine nouns
- Icelandic countable nouns
- is:Family
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Norse terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Norse lemmas
- Old Norse nouns
- Old Norse masculine nouns
- Old Norse masculine r-stem nouns
- non:Family members
- non:Male