Noun: faðir
Gender: m
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | faðir |
| Sg. Def. | faðirinn |
| Pl. Indef. | feðr |
| Pl. Def. | feðrnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | fǫður; fǫðurs |
| Sg. Def. | fǫðurins; fǫðursins |
| Pl. Indef. | feðra |
| Pl. Def. | feðranna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | fǫður; feðr |
| Sg. Def. | fǫðurinum; feðrinum |
| Pl. Indef. | feðrum |
| Pl. Def. | feðrunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | fǫður |
| Sg. Def. | fǫðurinn |
| Pl. Indef. | feðr |
| Pl. Def. | feðrna |
Sample Sentences
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Haraldr tók konungdom eptir fǫður sinn. (Harald took the kingdom after his 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):]
Nouns inflected like faðir
faðir,
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). See: Old English Nouns '
fæder', Gothic Nouns '
𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂'.
Verbs referencing "faðir"
Danish Nouns
far, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
far, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
far, Swedish Nouns
far, Danish Nouns
fader, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
fader, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
fader, Old English Nouns
fader, Swedish Nouns
fader, Faroese Nouns
faðir, Icelandic Nouns
faðir, Old English Nouns
fæder, Old English Nouns
fador.
Translations