fatherly

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːðəli/
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• US: /ˈfɑðɚli/
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• CMU ARPABET: F AA1 DH ER0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English faderly, from Old English fæderlīċ (“fatherly, paternal”), from Proto-West Germanic *faderlīk, from Proto-Germanic *fadurlīkaz (“fatherly, paternal”), equivalent to father + -ly. Cognate with West Frisian faderlik (“fatherly”), Dutch vaderlijk (“fatherly”), German väterlich (“fatherly”), Danish faderlig (“fatherly”), Swedish faderlig (“fatherly”), Icelandic föðurlegur (“fatherly”) . Doublet of fatherlike.

From Middle English faderly, fadirly, from Old English fæderlīċe (“in a fatherly way, as a father”), equivalent to father + -ly.

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: atëror — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Arabic: أَبَوِيّ (ʔabawiyy) — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Armenian: հայրական (hayrakan) — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Belarusian: ба́цькаўскі (bácʹkawski) — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Belarusian: бацько́ўскі (bacʹkówski) — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Belarusian: айцо́ўскі (ajcówski) — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Bulgarian: ба́щински (báštinski) — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Catalan: paternal — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Czech: otcovský — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Danish: faderlig — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Dutch: vaderlijk — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Finnish: isällinen — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• French: paternel — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Georgian: მამური (mamuri) — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Georgian: მამობრივი (mamobrivi) — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• German: väterlich — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Greek: πατρικός (patrikós) — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Hebrew: אֲבָהִי (avahi) — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Hindi: पैतृक (paitŕk) — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Italian: paterno — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Latin: paternus — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Lithuanian: tėviškas — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Macedonian: татковски (tatkovski) — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Norwegian Bokmål: faderlig — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Persian: پدرانه (pedarâne) — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Polish: ojcowski — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Romanian: patern — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Russian: отцо́вский (otcóvskij) — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Russian: оте́ческий (otéčeskij) — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Serbo-Croatian: о̏чӣнскӣ — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Serbo-Croatian: ȍčīnskī — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Slovak: otcovský — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Slovene: očetovski — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Swedish: faderlig — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Tajik: падарона (padarona) — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Turkish: pederane — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Ottoman Turkish: پدری (pederî) — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Ukrainian: ба́тьківський (bátʹkivsʹkyj) — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Ukrainian: оте́цький (otécʹkyj) — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Ukrainian: отце́вий (otcévyj) — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Welsh: tadol — characteristic of what is considered the ideal behaviour pertaining to fatherhood
• Albanian: atëror — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Armenian: հայրական (hayrakan) — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Belarusian: ба́цькаўскі (bácʹkawski) — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Belarusian: бацько́ўскі (bacʹkówski) — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Belarusian: айцо́ўскі (ajcówski) — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Bulgarian: ба́щински (báštinski) — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Catalan: patern — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Catalan: paternal — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Czech: otcovský — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Finnish: isällinen — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• French: paternel — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Georgian: მამობრივი (mamobrivi) — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Georgian: მამური (mamuri) — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• German: väterlich — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Greek: πατρικός (patrikós) — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Hebrew: אֲבָהִי — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Hindi: पैतृक (paitŕk) — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Latin: paternus — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Lithuanian: tėvinis — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Middle English: faderly — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Polish: ojcowski — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Russian: отцо́вский (otcóvskij) — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Russian: оте́ческий (otéčeskij) — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Slovak: otcovský — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Turkish: pederane — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Ottoman Turkish: پدری (pederî) — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Ukrainian: ба́тьківський (bátʹkivsʹkyj) — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Ukrainian: оте́цький (otécʹkyj) — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Ukrainian: отце́вий (otcévyj) — characteristic of fathers, paternal
• Welsh: tadol — characteristic of fathers, paternal