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faðir.

father

5 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈfaːðɪr]

  1. father

    plural · plural-only · proscribed
    Ég lít upp til föður míns.
    Hvað heitir faðir þinn aftur?
Where this word comes from

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.

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