father-in-law

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Νικᾷ γὰρ αἰεὶ διαβολὴ τὰ κρείττονα → Calumniae mos vincere id, quod rectius → Verleumdung siegt stets über das, was besser ist

Menander, Monostichoi, 376

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substantive

P. and V. κηδεστής, ὁ, V. γαμβρός, ὁ, πενθερός, ὁ.

Translations

Afrikaans: skoonpa; Albanian: vjehërr; Arabic: حَم‎; Aramaic: חמא‎; Armenian: սկեսրայր, աներ; Aromanian: socru; Asturian: suegru; Avar: вакьад; Azerbaijani: qayınata; Basque: aitaginarreba; Belarusian: свёкар, цесць; Bulgarian: свекър, тъст; Burmese: ယောက္ခထီး; Catalan: sogre; Chinese Mandarin: 公公, 岳父, 嫜; Min Nan: 大官, 丈人, 丈人公; Cornish: hwegron; Crimean Tatar: qaynata; Czech: tchán, svekr; Danish: svigerfar; Dutch: schoonvader; Erzya: атявт, вата; Esperanto: bopatro; Estonian: äi; Ewe: to; Faroese: verfaðir; Fataluku: painu; Finnish: appi; French: beau-père; Friulian: missêr, suesar; Galician: sogro; Georgian: სიმამრი, მამამთილი; German: Schwiegervater, Schwäher; Gooniyandi: lambadi; Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍂𐌰; Greek: πεθερός; Ancient Greek: γαμβρός, γάμβρος, ἑκυρός, καδεστής, κηδεστής, πενθερός, συγκηδεστής; Greenlandic: sakeq; Hebrew: חָם‎, חוֹתֵן‎; Hindi: ससुर, समधी; Hungarian: após; Hunsrik: Schwiegherfatter; Icelandic: tengdapabbi; Ido: bopatro; Ilocano: katugangan a lalaki; Indonesian: ayah mertua, bapak mertua; Ingrian: äijä; Interlingua: patre affin; Irish: athair céile; Italian: suocero; Japanese: 義父, 岳父, 舅; Jeju: 가시아방; Kashmiri: ہِہُر‎, ہیُٛہُر‎; Khmer: ឪពុកក្មេក; Korean: 시아버지, 장인; Kurdish Central Kurdish: خەزور‎; Northern Kurdish: xezûr; Lao: ພໍ່ຜົວ, ພໍ່ເມັຽ, ສະວະສູລະ, ສວະສູຣະ, ສະສຸຣະ, ພໍ່ເຖົ້າ; Latin: socer, patraster; Latvian: ap'; Livonian: mīeizā, naizizā; Luxembourgish: Schwéierpapp; Macedonian: свекор, тест; Malay: bapa mertua, ayah mertua; Manx: ayr 'sy leigh; Maori: hungarei, hungawai; Marathi: सासरा; Mari Eastern Mari: ача; Mongolian Cyrillic: хадам аав; Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠳᠠᠮ; ᠠᠪᠤ; Mwani: mukwe; Norman: bieau-péthe; Northern Ohlone: menék; Northern Sami: vuohppa, vuohppasássa; Norwegian Bokmål: svigerfar; Nynorsk: svigerfar, verfar; Occitan: sògre; Odia: ଶ୍ୱଶୁର; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: свекръ, тьсть; Old English: swēor; Papiamentu: suegu; Pashto: سخر‎; Pennsylvania German: Schwaer, Schwaerdaadi, Schwiegervadder; Persian: پدرشوهر‎, پدرزن‎, خسر‎; Plautdietsch: Schwiavoda; Polish: teść pers, świekier pers; Portuguese: sogro; Punjabi Gurmukhi: ਸੁਹਰਾ, ਸੁਸਰ, ਖ਼ੁਸਰ; Shahmukhi: سوہرا‎, سُسَر‎, خُسَر‎; Quechua: kaka, kiwachi; Romani: sastro; Romanian: socru; Russian: свёкор, свёкр, тесть; Sanskrit: श्वशुर; Sardinian: socru, sogru; Scots: guid-faither; Scottish Gaelic: athair-cèile; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: свекар, пунац; Roman: svekar, punac; Seri: aaquéect ctam; Sicilian: soggiru; Slovak: svokor, tesť; Slovene: tast; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: pśichodny nan; Upper Sorbian: přichodny nan; Spanish: suegro; Swahili: baba mkwe; Swedish: svärfar; Sylheti: ꠢꠃꠞ; Tagalog: biyanang-lalaki; Tamil: மாமனார்; Taos: tǫ̏ména; Tarifit: aḍeggʷar; Tetum: banin; Thai: พ่อผัว, พ่อสามี, พ่อตา; Tigre: ሐም; Tupinambá: menduba, atu'uba; Turkish: kaynata, kayınbaba, kayınpeder; Turkmen: gaýynata; Udi: сейде; Ukrainian: свекор, тесть; Urdu: سَسُر‎, سُسَر‎, خُسَر‎; Venetian: misiero, misiere, mesiere; Vietnamese: cha chồng, cha vợ; Volapük: lüfat; Võro: äi; Votic: äijä; Welsh: chwegrwn, tad yng nghyfraith; Yiddish: שווער‎; Zazaki: vıstewre