faither

Scots

Alternative forms

fader, faether, faider, father, fither

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English fader, from Old English fæder, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfeːðər], [ˈfɛðər]
(Southern Scots) IPA^(key): [ˈfɪðər]
(Northern Isles) IPA^(key): [faːdər]

Noun

faither (plural faithers)

father

Derived terms

grandfaither (“grandfather”)
guid-faither (“father-in-law”)
name-faither (“the man after whom one has been named”)
stap-faither (“stepfather”)

References

“faither, n., v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 23 May 2024, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.