Noun: faðir
Gender:
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | faðir |
| Sg. Def. | faðirinn |
| Pl. Indef. | feður |
| Pl. Def. | feðurnir; feðurnar |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | föður; föðurs |
| Sg. Def. | föðurins; föðursins |
| Pl. Indef. | feðra |
| Pl. Def. | feðranna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | föður; feður |
| Sg. Def. | föðurnum; feðurnum |
| Pl. Indef. | feðrum |
| Pl. Def. | feðrunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | föður |
| Sg. Def. | föðurinn |
| Pl. Indef. | feður |
| Pl. Def. | feðurna; feðurnar |
Sample Sentences
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Judges 2:19 (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.)
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Ég lít upp til föður míns. (I look up to my father.)
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Hvað heitir faðir þinn aftur? (What's your father's name again?)
Nouns inflected like faðir
faðir,
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. See: Old Norse Nouns '
faðir', English Nouns '
father', German Nouns '
Vater', Faroese Nouns '
faðir', Norwegian Bokmål Nouns '
far', Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns '
far', Danish Nouns '
far', Swedish Nouns '
far'.
Verbs referencing "faðir"
Faroese Nouns
faðir.
Translations