𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈfaðar]

𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂 • (fadar) m

1. (hapax legomenon) father

   Synonym: 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 (atta)

   • 4th century CE, Wulfila (attributed), Gothic Bible, Galatians 4:6:

     𐌰𐌸𐌸𐌰𐌽 𐌸𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 𐍃𐌹𐌾𐌿𐌸 𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌿𐍃 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃, 𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹𐌳𐌰 𐌲𐌿𐌸 𐌰𐌷𐌼𐌰𐌽 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍃 𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉𐌽𐌰 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌰 𐌷𐍂𐍉𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽: 𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰, 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐌰𐍂!

     aþþan þatei sijuþ jus sunjus gudis, insandida guþ ahman sunaus seinis in hairtōna izwara hrōpjandan: abba, fadar!

     And because ye are sons of God, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father!

Although the cognates of this noun are very commonly used in other Germanic languages, it is attested only once in the entire Gothic corpus, which instead favors 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 (atta) most everywhere.

Only the vocative is attested; the paradigm given below is based on other r-stems such as 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌰𐍂 (brōþar).

• 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽 (fadrein, “parents, forefather, (patri)lineage”)
• 𐍆𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (fadreins, “(patri)lineage, kin”)