From Proto-Italic *faβros, from earlier *θaβros, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ-ro-s, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“to fashion, fit”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *dobrъ, Lithuanian dabà (“habit, character”), Armenian դարբին (darbin, “smith”), English daft, deft.
faber m (genitive fabrī); second declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | faber | fabrī |
Genitive | fabrī | fabrōrum |
Dative | fabrō | fabrīs |
Accusative | fabrum | fabrōs |
Ablative | fabrō | fabrīs |
Vocative | faber | fabrī |
faber (feminine fabra, neuter fabrum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | faber | fabra | fabrum | fabrī | fabrae | fabra | |
Genitive | fabrī | fabrae | fabrī | fabrōrum | fabrārum | fabrōrum | |
Dative | fabrō | fabrō | fabrīs | ||||
Accusative | fabrum | fabram | fabrum | fabrōs | fabrās | fabra | |
Ablative | fabrō | fabrā | fabrō | fabrīs | |||
Vocative | faber | fabra | fabrum | fabrī | fabrae | fabra |
Uncertain, possibly transferred from Etymology 1.
faber m (genitive fabrī); second declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | faber | fabrī |
Genitive | fabrī | fabrōrum |
Dative | fabrō | fabrīs |
Accusative | fabrum | fabrōs |
Ablative | fabrō | fabrīs |
Vocative | faber | fabrī |