faither
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Scots[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English fader, from Old English fæder, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): [ˈfeːðər], [ˈfɛðər]
- (Mid Northern Scots) IPA(key): [ˈfɪðər]
- (Insular Scots) IPA(key): [faːdər]
Noun[edit]
faither (plural faithers)
Derived terms[edit]
- grandfaither (“grandfather”)
- guid-faither (“father-in-law”)
- name-faither (“the man after whom one has been named”)
- stap-faither (“stepfather”)
Further reading[edit]
- “faither” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- “father” in John J Graham’s English-Shetland Word List
- “father” in The Orkney Dictionary, 1996, by Margaret Flaws and Gregor Lamb.
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