fí
See also: Appendix:Variations of "fi"
Czech edit
Noun edit
fí n (indeclinable)
- phi (Greek letter)
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
fí n (genitive singular fís, nominative plural fí)
- phi (Greek letter)
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fí f (genitive singular as substantive fí, genitive as verbal noun fite)
- verbal noun of figh (“to weave”)
- weave (type or way of weaving)
Declension edit
As verbal noun:
Declension of fí
Irregular
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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As substantive:
Declension of fí
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Verb edit
fí
- present subjunctive analytic of figh
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fí | fhí | bhfí |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 44
Middle Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison”). Cognate with Latin vīrus, Sanskrit विष (víṣa), Ancient Greek ἰός (iós).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fí (poetic)
Mutation edit
| Middle Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| fí | ḟí | fí pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fí n
- (Greek letters) phi
References edit
- “fí”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024