fhios

Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

(Munster, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɨ̞sˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɪsˠ/^[1]

Noun edit

fhios m

Lenited form of fios.

References edit

^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 111

Scottish Gaelic edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /is̪/

Noun edit

fhios m (genitive singular fhiosa, plural fhiosan)

Alternative form of fios

Usage notes edit

Although etymologically a lenited form of fios, in today's language used as an alternative form also in situations not demanding lenition:
Cha robh fios agam. / Cha robh fhios agam. ― I didn't know.

Cò aig a tha fios? / Cò aig a tha fhios? ― Who knows?

This construction comes from a fhios (literally “its knowledge”), which is still so spelled in Irish.

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