See also: Foi, FOI, and foʻi

Asturian edit

Verb edit

foi

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser

Chibcha edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

foi

  1. Alternative form of boi

References edit

  • Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French foy, from Old French foi, fei, feid, from Latin fidem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (to command, to persuade, to trust).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

foi f (plural fois)

  1. faith
  2. (heraldry) a depiction of a handshake

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

Galician edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inflected form of ir (to go).

Verb edit

foi

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ir

Etymology 2 edit

Inflected form of ser (to be).

Verb edit

foi

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Latin fidem.

Pronunciation edit

  • (archaic) IPA(key): /ˈfei̯θ/
  • (classical) IPA(key): /ˈfoi̯/, (northern) /ˈfei̯/

Noun edit

foi oblique singularf (oblique plural fois, nominative singular foi, nominative plural fois)

  1. faith
  2. allegiance; faithfulness
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 156 (of the Champion Classiques edition), →ISBN, line 1837:
      sa fei lealment li afie
      he loyally pledges his allegiance to him

Descendants edit

Portuguese edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -oj
  • Hyphenation: foi

Verb edit

foi

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ir
  2. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser
    • 1999, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 57:
      O jantar aquela noite foi muito agradável.
      The dinner that night was very pleasant.

Interjection edit

foi

  1. (Brazil) indicates that an action has been undertaken; done
    Synonym: feito
    — Pode enviar a mensagem? — Foi.
    “Can you send the message?”, “Done.”

Romanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From foaie +‎ -i.

Noun edit

foi

  1. plural of foaie

Etymology 2 edit

Either from foaie +‎ -i or from a Vulgar Latin root *follīre, from Late Latin follēre, present active infinitive of folleō, from Latin follis.

Verb edit

a foi (third-person singular present foiește, past participle foit) 4th conj.

  1. (reflexive) to fuss, bustle, move about
  2. (of a place) to be full of people who are busy, teem with
    Synonym: mișuna
Conjugation edit
See also edit

West Makian edit

West Makian cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : foi

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

foi (inanimate mafoi, animate dimfoi, polite gomafoi)

  1. five

References edit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics (as foy)