faither

Scots

Alternative forms

• fader, faether, faider, fither

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

faither (plural faithers)

1. 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.