faither

Scots

Alternative forms

fader, faether, faider, fither

Etymology

From Middle English fader, from Old English fæder, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, which see for more.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfeːðər], [ˈfɛðər]
(Mid Northern Scots) IPA^(key): [ˈfɪðər]
(Insular Scots) 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”)

Further reading

“faither” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
“father” in John J Graham’s English-Shetland Word List
“father” in The Orkney Dictionary, 1996, by Margaret Flaws and Gregor Lamb.

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