feðgar

Faroese

The novel "Feðgar á ferð" 1940 (English "The Old Man And His Sons", 1970)

Etymology

From Old Norse feðgar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɛkːaɹ]

Noun

feðgar m pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural feðga)

1. father and son

Usage notes

• feðgar á ferð (“father and son hit the road”) (title of a novel by Heðin Brú)

Declension

Declension of feðgar (plural only)
m1p	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	feðgar	feðgarnir
accusative	feðgar	feðgarnar
dative	feðgum	feðgunum
genitive	feðga	feðganna

Coordinate terms

• møðgur (mother and daughter)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse feðgar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛðkar/

Noun

feðgar m pl (plural only, genitive plural feðga)

1. father and son

Declension

Declension of feðgar (pl-only masculine)

	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	feðgar	feðgarnir
accusative	feðga	feðgana
dative	feðgum	feðgunum
genitive	feðga	feðganna

Coordinate terms

• feðgin (father and daughter)
• mæðgin (mother and son)
• mæðgur (mother and daughter)

Old Norse

Etymology

From earlier *faðrigar, derived from faðir (“father”), compare feðgin (“father and mother”).

Noun

feðgar m pl

1. male generations; father and son

   feðgar tveir

   father and son

   (literally, “two male generations”)

Declension

  Declension of feðgar, (weak an-stem, plural only)

masculine	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	feðgar	feðgarnir
accusative	feðga	feðgana
dative	feðgum	feðgunum
genitive	feðga	feðganna

Coordinate terms

• mǿðgur
• mǿðgin

Derived terms

• langfeðgar (“paternal ancestors”)
• langfeðgatal (“a poem enumerating paternal ancestors”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: feðgar
• Faroese: feðgar
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fegge m
• Old Swedish: faþghær, fæþghar