feðgar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Faroese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Norse feðgar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈfɛkːaɹ]
=== Noun ===
feðgar m pl (genitive plural feðga)
father and son
==== Usage notes ====
feðgar á ferð (“father and son hit the road”) (title of a novel by Heðin Brú)
==== Declension ====
==== 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)
father and son
einir/tvennir/þrennir/fernir feðgar ― one/two/three/four father and son pairs
við feðgarnir ― my son and I; my father and I (literally, “we father and son”)
==== Declension ====
==== Coordinate terms ====
feðgin (“father and daughter”)
mæðgin (“mother and son”)
mæðgur (“mother and daughter”)
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2026), “feðgar”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
“feðgar” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
“feðgar”, in Ritmálssafn Orðabókar Háskólans [The Written Collection of the Lexicological Institute] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
== Old Norse ==
=== Etymology ===
From earlier ᚠᛆᚦᚱᚴᛆᛦ (faþrkaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *fadrigaz, derived from Proto-Germanic *fadēr (“father”) + *-īgaz. Compare feðgin n pl (“father and mother”).
=== Noun ===
feðgar m pl
male generations; father and son
==== Declension ====
==== 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
=== References ===