vaatar

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• vatar, baatar

Etymology

From Middle High German vatter, vater, from Old High German fater, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr. Cognate with German Vater, Dutch vader, English father, Icelandic faðir.

Noun

vaatar m (plural véetare)

1. (Sette Comuni) father

   Coordinate term: muutar

   An vaatar forratet nia de zain khindar. ― A father never betrays his children.

Declension

Declension of vaatar

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	dar	vaatar	de	véetare
accusative	an	in	vaatarn	de	véetare
dative	aname	me	vaatarn	in	véetarn

Derived terms

• vaatarlant
• vaatartöotar
• vóarvaatar
• ghevaatar

References

• “vaatar” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien