fater

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Fatter, Vater, Vatter, vàtter

Etymology

From Middle High German vatter, vater, from Old High German fater, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr. Cognate with German Vater, Dutch vader, Plautdietsch Voda, West Frisian faar, English father, Icelandic faðir, Swedish far.

Noun

fater m

1. (Carcoforo) father

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Ludian

Alternative forms

• fatieru (Pühärv)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian фате́ра (fatéra).

Noun

fater

1. apartment, flat

   Kus sinun fater on?

   Where is your apartment?

Declension

Declension of fater (type 1a/tila, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	fater	faterad
genitive	fateran	fateroiden
partitive	faterad	fateroid
essive	fateran	fateroin
instructive	—	fateroin
inessive	fateras	fateroiš
elative	fateraspiä	fateroišpiä
illative	faterah	fateroihe
adessive	fateral	fateroil
ablative	fateralpiä	fateroilpiä
allative	faterale	fateroile
abessive	faterata	fateroita
prolative	faterači	fateroiči
translative	fateraks	fateroikš
additive	faterahpiä	fateroihepiä
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

References

• Juho Kujola (1944), “faťer”, in Lyydiläismurteiden sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 52
• L. Aleksejeva, N. Koval'čuk (2019), “fater”, in Lugem lyydikš: lyydin algkurs, Petroskoi: Periodika, →ISBN, page 141
• “fater, fatieru”, in Открытый корпус вепсского и карельского языков ВепКар [Open corpus of the Veps and Karelian languages VepKar]‎^[1], 2009-2022

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• fat

Noun

fater n

1. indefinite plural of fat

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Noun

fater m

1. father

Usage notes

• The so-called r-stem, see also muoter, tohter, bruoder, swester.

Declension

Declension of fater

	singular	plural
nominative	fater	faterā, fatera
accusative	fater	faterā, fatera
genitive	fater, fateres	fatero
dative	fater, fatere	faterum, faterun, fateron
instrumental	fater, fateru	-

Descendants

• Middle High German: vater, fater, fatter, vatter
  • Alemannic German: Vatter, Vater, Fatter
    • Italian Walser: fater, vàtter
  • Bavarian: vadda
    • Cimbrian: vatar, vaatar, baatar (Sette Comuni)
    • Udinese: votar, voter
  • Central Franconian: Vader
    • Hunsrik: Fatter
    • Transylvanian Saxon: Foater
  • East Central German: Voater
    • Vilamovian: foter, fōter
  • German: Vater, Vatter (obsolete, except informally, representing the regional pronunciation)
    • → English: Vater
    • → Central Franconian: Vatter
    • → Polish: fater, fader
  • Rhine Franconian:
    • Pennsylvania German: Vadder
  • Yiddish: פֿאָטער (foter)

References

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “fater”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[2] (in German), 6th edition

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-?

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr

Proto-Germanic *fadēr

Proto-West Germanic *fader

Old High German fater

Middle High German vater

German Vaterbor.

Polish fater

Borrowed from German Vater. Doublet of fader.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.tɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atɛr
• Syllabification: fa‧ter

Noun

fater m pers

1. (obsolete, Warsaw) father

   Synonym: ojciec

   Antonym: matka

Declension

Declension of fater

	singular	plural
nominative	fater	fatrzy/fatry (deprecative)
genitive	fatra	fatrów
dative	fatrowi	fatrom
accusative	fatra	fatrów
instrumental	fatrem	fatrami
locative	fatrze	fatrach
vocative	fatrze	fatrzy

Further reading

• “fater”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Silesian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-?

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr

Proto-Germanic *fadēr

Proto-West Germanic *fader

Old High German fater

Middle High German vater

German Vaterbor.

Silesian fater

Borrowed from German Vater. Doublet of fŏter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.tɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atɛr
• Syllabification: fa‧ter

Noun

fater m pers (diminutive faterek)

1. father

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fater

   Coordinate terms: see Thesaurus:muter

Further reading

• Andrzej Roczniok (Andrzyj Roczniok) (2010), “fater”, in Zbornik polsko-ślůnski (Zbornik polsko-ślōnski), I edition, volume 3, Zabrze: Narodowa Oficyna Śląska (Ślōnsko Nacyjowo Ôficyno), →ISBN, page 106
• fater in silling.org

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Akin to Livvi fatieru.

Noun

fater

1. flat, apartment

Declension

Inflection of fater (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	fater
genitive sing.	fateran
partitive sing.	faterad
partitive plur.	fateroid
	singular	plural
nominative	fater	faterad
accusative	fateran	faterad
genitive	fateran	fateroiden
partitive	faterad	fateroid
essive-instructive	fateran	fateroin
translative	fateraks	fateroikš
inessive	fateras	fateroiš
elative	fateraspäi	fateroišpäi
illative	fateraha	fateroihe
adessive	fateral	fateroil
ablative	fateralpäi	fateroilpäi
allative	faterale	fateroile
abessive	faterata	fateroita
comitative	fateranke	fateroidenke
prolative	fateradme	fateroidme
approximative I	fateranno	fateroidenno
approximative II	faterannoks	fateroidennoks
egressive	faterannopäi	fateroidennopäi
terminative I	faterahasai	fateroihesai
terminative II	fateralesai	fateroilesai
terminative III	faterassai	—
additive I	faterahapäi	fateroihepäi
additive II	fateralepäi	fateroilepäi