fís
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fís n (genitive singular físs, no plural)
Declension edit
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish fís (“vision”), from Latin vīsiō (“seeing, sight, vision, view”).
Noun edit
fís f (genitive singular físe, nominative plural físeanna)
- vision, dream
- (historical) vision tale
Declension edit
Declension of fís
Derived terms edit
- aonad taispeána físe (“visual display unit, VDU”)
- cluiche físe (“video game”)
- fís- (“video-”)
- físeán (“video”)
- físráiteas
- teilifís (“television”)
- téip físe (“videotape”)
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
fís f (genitive singular físe, nominative plural físeacha)
Declension edit
Declension of fís
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
fís f (genitive singular físe, nominative plural físí or físeacha)
- Alternative spelling of fithis (“path, passage; course, orbit”)
Declension edit
Declension of fís
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fís | fhís | bhfís |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Entries containing “fís” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “fís” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fís”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language