faðir

See also: faþir

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse faðir, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Cognate with English father, German Vater, German Low German Vader, Voder, Vadder, Icelandic faðir, Norwegian Bokmål far, fader, Norwegian Nynorsk far, fader, Danish far, fader, Swedish far, fader.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛaːjɪɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːjɪɹ

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.

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

• farið, friða

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse faðir (“father”), from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Cognate with English father, German Vater, German Low German Vader, Voder, Vadder, Faroese faðir, Norwegian Bokmål far, fader, Norwegian Nynorsk far, fader, Danish far, fader, Swedish far, fader.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

faðir m (genitive singular föður or (proscribed) föðurs, nominative plural feður)

1. (higher register) father
   • 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?

Declension

Declension of faðir (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	faðir	faðirinn	feður	feðurnir
accusative	föður	föðurinn	feður	feðurna
dative	föður	föðurnum	feðrum	feðrunum
genitive	föður, föðurs1	föðurins, föðursins1	feðra	feðranna

¹Proscribed.

The nonstandard indefinite genitive singular föðurs is sometimes used.

Synonyms

• pabbi (informal)
• pápi (old-fashioned)
• babbi (child's term, rare)

Derived terms

• faðerni
• faðirvor
• forfaðir
• föðurafi
• föðuramma
• föðurbetringur
• föðurbetrungur
• föðurbróðir
• föðurfaðir
• föðurgarður
• föðurhús
• föðurland
• föðurleifð
• föðurmorðingi
• föðurmóðir
• föðurréttur
• föðursystir
• föðurtún
• föðurverrungur
• stjúpfaðir

 

Anagrams

• farði, friða

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• ᚠᛅᚦᛁᛦ (faþiʀ)

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

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑðɪr/

Noun

faðir m (genitive fǫður, plural feðr)

1. father
   • c. 1230, Snorri Sturluson, “Haraldz saga ins hárfagra [Saga of Harald Fairhair]”, in Finnur Jónsson, editor, Heimskringla, Copenhagen: G. E. C. Gads forlag, published 1911 (1925):

     Haraldr tók konungdom eptir fǫður sinn.

     Harald took the kingdom after his father.

   • 10th c. inscription on the Runestone of Harald Bluetooth, one of the Jelling stones.

     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.

Declension

  Declension of faðir (strong r-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	faðir	faðirinn	feðr	feðrnir
accusative	fǫður	fǫðurinn	feðr	feðrna
dative	fǫður, feðr	fǫðurinum, feðrinum	feðrum	feðrunum
genitive	fǫður, fǫðurs	fǫðurins, fǫðursins	feðra	feðranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: faðir
• Faroese: faðir
• Norn:

  Orkney: fa

  Shetland: fy

• Norwegian Nynorsk: far, fader; (dialectal) fade, fair, fai
  • → Kven: faari
• Elfdalian: faðer
• Old Swedish: faþir, fadher, fadhir, ᚠᛆᚦᛁᚱ
  • Swedish: fader, far
• Old Danish: faþir, fathær
  • Danish: fader, far
    • Norwegian Bokmål: far, fader
  • Scanian: faðer
• Gutnish: far, fadar, fadur