/ˈfaːðɪr/
UppruniFrom 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.
- plural, plural-only, proscribedfather
“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
“Ég lít upp til föður míns.” — I look up to my father.
“Hvað heitir faðir þinn aftur?” — What's your father's name again?
Beygingarfaðir(canonical, masculine) · feður(canonical, feminine, plural) · föður(genitive, singular) · föðurs(genitive, proscribed, singular) · feður(nominative, plural) · feðra(genitive, plural, proscribed) · faðir(indefinite, nominative, singular) · faðirinn(definite, nominative, singular) · feður(indefinite, nominative, plural) · feðurnir(definite, nominative, plural) · föður(accusative, indefinite, singular) · föðurinn(accusative, definite, singular) · feður(accusative, indefinite, plural) · feðurna(accusative, definite, plural) · föður(dative, indefinite, singular) · feður(dative, indefinite, singular) · föðurnum(dative, definite, singular) · feðurnum(dative, definite, singular) · feðrum(dative, indefinite, plural) · feðrunum(dative, definite, plural)