faither

Scots

Alternative forms

• fader, faether, faider, father, fither

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English fader, from Old English fæder, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfeːðər], [ˈfɛðər]
• (Southern Scots) IPA^(key): [ˈfɪðər]
• (Northern Isles) IPA^(key): [faːdər]

Noun

faither (plural faithers)

1. father

Derived terms

• grandfaither (“grandfather”)
• guid-faither (“father-in-law”)
• name-faither (“the man after whom one has been named”)
• stap-faither (“stepfather”)

References

• “faither, n., v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.