Faroese

Noun

faðir m (genitive singular faðirs or føður, plural fedrar)

1. father

Usage notes

The oblique singular form føður is very rare and limited to poetry.

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Anagrams

• farið, friða

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaːðɪr/
• Rhymes: -aːðɪr

Noun

faðir m ‎(genitive singular föður, nominative plural feður)

1. 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.

   • Ég lít upp til föður míns.

     I look up to my father.

   • Hvað heitir faðir þinn aftur?

     What's your father's name again?

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Derived terms

Synonyms

• (father): ^def. pabbi, pápi, babbi (child term)

Anagrams

• farði, friða

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).

Noun

faðir m (genitive fǫður, plural feðr)

1. 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.

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