Belonging to or inherited from one's father.

Characteristic of a father.

Polish: ojcowski

Relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent.

synonyms: maternal, parental.

Roget 166: paternal, parental; maternal; family, ancestral, linear, patriarchal.   

Roget 906: benevolent; kind, kindly; well-meaning; amiable; obliging, accommodating, indulgent, gracious, complacent, good-humored.    warm-hearted, kind-hearted, tender-hearted, large-hearted, broad-hearted; merciful etc. 914; charitable, beneficent, humane, benignant; bounteous, bountiful.    good-natured, well-natured; spleenless^†; sympathizing, sympathetic; complaisant etc. (courteous) 894; well-meant, well-intentioned.    fatherly, motherly, brotherly, sisterly; paternal, maternal, fraternal; sororal^†; friendly etc. 888.    ... show more

Related on the father's side:
— A paternal aunt.

synonyms: agnate, agnatic.