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father

['fɑːðə] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. отец
2. отец, праотец, прародитель
3. защитник, заступник
4. (Father) рел. Бог, Создатель, Творец
5. отец, создатель, основатель
6. первопричина, источник
7. рел.
  1. духовный отец, духовник, священник (особенно в обращении)
  2. епископ
8. старейший член; старейшина
гл.
1. быть отцом, производить на свет
2. быть автором, порождать
3. усыновлять
4. отечески заботиться
5. устанавливать отцовство, приписывать отцовство
6. приписывать авторство (кому-л.)
7. возлагать ответственность (на кого-л.), приписывать (кому-л.)

Law (En-Ru)

father

отец
создатель, творец
старейший член

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"Whatever your reasons, dear kissing cousin, I am delighted that you chose me as one of your donor-fathers."
— Какими бы ни были причины, моя дорогая поцелуйная кузина, я рад, что вы выбрали меня донором-отцом.
Heinlein, Robert / Time Enough For LoveХайнлайн, Роберт / Достаточно времени для любви, или жизни Лазаруса Лонга
Достаточно времени для любви, или жизни Лазаруса Лонга
Хайнлайн, Роберт
© 1973 by Robert A. Heinlein
© Перевод. Ю. Соколов, 2008
© TERRA FANTASTICA, 2008
Time Enough For Love
Heinlein, Robert
© 1973 by Robert Heinlein

This is what our God has taught us and not that to forbid children to murder their fathers is a prejudice.
Вот чему учил нас бог наш, а не тому, что запрещать детям убивать отцов есть предрассудок.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

And we, in turn, were no worse off, socially, than the few children whose fathers or brothers had been killed in the war.
Теперь мы оказались на одной ступеньке с несколькими ребятами, чьих отцов или братьев убили на войне.
Vonnegut, Kurt / Deadeye DickВоннегут, Курт / Малый не промах
Малый не промах
Воннегут, Курт
© Издательство "Радуга", 1988
Deadeye Dick
Vonnegut, Kurt
© 1982 by The Ramjac Corporation

A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers; but when I go up to the river I see camps of soldiers on its banks.
С давних пор эта земля принадлежала нашим отцам, но вот я поднялся вверх по реке и увидел солдатские лагеря на ее берегах.
Brown , Dee / Bury my Heart at Wounded KneeБраун, Ди / Схороните мое сердце у Вундед-ни
Схороните мое сердце у Вундед-ни
Браун, Ди
© Издательство "Прогресс", 1984
Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee
Brown , Dee
© 1970 by Dee Brown

Once they had swiveled, of course, but the later-day town fathers had fixed them forever in place.
Когда-то они, конечно, могли поворачиваться, но потом отцы города навечно закрепили их в одном положении.
Irving, John / The world According to GarpИрвинг, Джон / Мир глазами Гарпа
Мир глазами Гарпа
Ирвинг, Джон
© 1976, 1977, 1978 by John Irving
© И. Тогоева, перевод на русский язык, 2009
© ООО Издательская группа "Аттикус", 2009
The world According to Garp
Irving, John
© 1976, 1977, 1978 by John Irving

They attach themselves to places; and their fathers — a woman’s always proud of her father.
Они привязаны к местам. И к отцам. Каждая женщина гордится отцом.
Woolf, Virginia / Mrs DallowayВульф, Вирджиния / Миссис Дэллоуэй
Миссис Дэллоуэй
Вульф, Вирджиния
© Художественная литература, 1989
Mrs Dalloway
Woolf, Virginia
© CRW Publishing Limited 2003

Whether the Prophet is really coming to Amadicia, the way rumor says he is, and whether the town fathers might relent and let that traveling menagerie put on a show.
Вправду ли Пророк появился нынче в Амадиции, как утверждают слухи. И не смилостивятся ли отцы города и не разрешат ли тому бродячему зверинцу устроить представление.
Jordan, Robert / The Fires of HeavenДжордан, Роберт / Огни небес
Огни небес
Джордан, Роберт
The Fires of Heaven
Jordan, Robert
© 1993 by The Bandersnatch Group, Inc.

Both our fathers would have preferred that.
Не сомневаюсь, наши отцы поступили бы именно так.
Hunter, Stephen / The 47th samuraiХантер, Стивен / 47-й самурай
47-й самурай
Хантер, Стивен
© С.Саксин, перевод на русский язык, 2009
© Издание на русском языке ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2009
© 2007 by Stephen Hunter
The 47th samurai
Hunter, Stephen
© 2007 by Stephen Hunter

When the next winter was passed, he would bring the ghosts of their fathers to meet them in the new resurrection.
Когда же кончится следующая зима, он приведет к ним духов их отцов, чтобы они встретились в новом воскресении.
Brown , Dee / Bury my Heart at Wounded KneeБраун, Ди / Схороните мое сердце у Вундед-ни
Схороните мое сердце у Вундед-ни
Браун, Ди
© Издательство "Прогресс", 1984
Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee
Brown , Dee
© 1970 by Dee Brown

It seems it was quite a job for the good fathers to pound some simple Latin and indifferent Greek and a number of other things into his reluctant skull."
Добрым отцам пришлось немало потрудиться, чтобы вложить латынь или греческий в его сопротивляющуюся голову.
Simak, Clifford D. / The Fellowship of the TalismanСаймак, Клиффорд Д. / Братство Талисмана
Братство Талисмана
Саймак, Клиффорд Д.
© 1978 by Clifford D. Simak
© Перевод. К. Королев, 2005
The Fellowship of the Talisman
Simak, Clifford D.
© 1978 by Clifford D. Simak

Let us remember, however, that he was a father, and one of the typical fathers of to-day.
Вспомним однако, что это отец и один из современных отцов.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

"We have had as many holy fathers as they had.
"У нас не менее ихнего святых отцов было.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

We are stillborn, and for generations past have been begotten, not by living fathers, and that suits us better and better.
Мы мертворожденные, да и рождаемся-то давно уж не от живых отцов, и это нам все более и более нравится.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Notes from the UndergroundДостоевский, Фёдор / Записки из подполья
Записки из подполья
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Наука", 1989
Notes from the Underground
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2008 by Classic House Books

Otherwise we are not fathers, but enemies of our children, and they are not our children, but our enemies, and we have made them our enemies ourselves. '
Иначе мы не отцы, а враги детям нашим, а они не дети наши, а враги нам и мы сами себе сделали их врагами! "
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

The prophet continued prodding the One-Armed-Soldier-Chief, asking him how the land could belong to white men if it had come down to the Nez Perces from their fathers.
Прорицатель продолжал раздражать Однорукого Солдатского Вождя, спрашивая у него, каким образом земля, доставшаяся индейцам неперсе от их предков, может принадлежать белым.
Brown , Dee / Bury my Heart at Wounded KneeБраун, Ди / Схороните мое сердце у Вундед-ни
Схороните мое сердце у Вундед-ни
Браун, Ди
© Издательство "Прогресс", 1984
Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee
Brown , Dee
© 1970 by Dee Brown

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Noun

1.
отцы
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1.
отцы-основатели
translation added by Dmitry Novikov
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2.
отцы , папы
translation added by Катя Левитан
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Collocations

founding fathers

отцы

founding fathers

создатели

founding fathers

творцы

of one's fathers

отеческий

to be gathered to fathers

скончаться

conscript fathers

сенаторы

Founding Fathers

"отцы"

Founding Fathers

творцы конституции США

writings of the early Fathers

патристика

writings of the early Fathers

первоотеческие книги

Lives of Holy Fathers

патерик

Pilgrim Fathers

отцы-пилигримы

adopted father

приемный отец

adoptive father

приемный отец

adoptive father

усыновитель

Word forms

father

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	father	fathers
Possessive case	father's	fathers'

father

verb

Basic forms
Past	fathered
Imperative	father
Present Participle (Participle I)	fathering
Past Participle (Participle II)	fathered

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I father	we father
you father	you father
he/she/it fathers	they father

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am fathering	we are fathering
you are fathering	you are fathering
he/she/it is fathering	they are fathering

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have fathered	we have fathered
you have fathered	you have fathered
he/she/it has fathered	they have fathered

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been fathering	we have been fathering
you have been fathering	you have been fathering
he/she/it has been fathering	they have been fathering

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I fathered	we fathered
you fathered	you fathered
he/she/it fathered	they fathered

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was fathering	we were fathering
you were fathering	you were fathering
he/she/it was fathering	they were fathering

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had fathered	we had fathered
you had fathered	you had fathered
he/she/it had fathered	they had fathered

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been fathering	we had been fathering
you had been fathering	you had been fathering
he/she/it had been fathering	they had been fathering

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will father	we shall/will father
you will father	you will father
he/she/it will father	they will father

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be fathering	we shall/will be fathering
you will be fathering	you will be fathering
he/she/it will be fathering	they will be fathering

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have fathered	we shall/will have fathered
you will have fathered	you will have fathered
he/she/it will have fathered	they will have fathered

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been fathering	we shall/will have been fathering
you will have been fathering	you will have been fathering
he/she/it will have been fathering	they will have been fathering

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would father	we should/would father
you would father	you would father
he/she/it would father	they would father

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be fathering	we should/would be fathering
you would be fathering	you would be fathering
he/she/it would be fathering	they would be fathering

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have fathered	we should/would have fathered
you would have fathered	you would have fathered
he/she/it would have fathered	they would have fathered

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been fathering	we should/would have been fathering
you would have been fathering	you would have been fathering
he/she/it would have been fathering	they would have been fathering

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am fathered	we are fathered
you are fathered	you are fathered
he/she/it is fathered	they are fathered

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being fathered	we are being fathered
you are being fathered	you are being fathered
he/she/it is being fathered	they are being fathered

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been fathered	we have been fathered
you have been fathered	you have been fathered
he/she/it has been fathered	they have been fathered

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was fathered	we were fathered
you were fathered	you were fathered
he/she/it was fathered	they were fathered

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being fathered	we were being fathered
you were being fathered	you were being fathered
he/she/it was being fathered	they were being fathered

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been fathered	we had been fathered
you had been fathered	you had been fathered
he/she/it had been fathered	they had been fathered

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be fathered	we shall/will be fathered
you will be fathered	you will be fathered
he/she/it will be fathered	they will be fathered

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been fathered	we shall/will have been fathered
you will have been fathered	you will have been fathered
he/she/it will have been fathered	they will have been fathered

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father

Law (En-Ru)

father

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father

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