fí

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fi"

Czech

Noun

fí n (indeclinable)

1. phi (Greek letter)

Icelandic

Noun

fí n (genitive singular fís, nominative plural fí)

1. phi (Greek letter)

Irish

Alternative forms

• fighe (dated)

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /fʲiː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fʲiə/ (corresponding to the form fighe)

Noun

fí f (genitive singular as substantive fí, genitive as verbal noun fite)

1. verbal noun of figh (“to weave”)
2. weave (type or way of weaving)

Declension

As verbal noun:

Declension of fí

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fí Vocative a fhí Genitive fite Dative fí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an fhí Genitive na fite Dative leis an bhfí don fhí

As substantive:

Declension of fí

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fí Vocative a fhí Genitive fí Dative fí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an fhí Genitive na fí Dative leis an bhfí don fhí

Verb

fí

1. analytic present subjunctive of figh

Mutation

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.

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison”). Cognate with Latin vīrus, Sanskrit विष (víṣa), Ancient Greek ἰός (iós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸʲiː/

Noun

fí (poetic)

1. poison, venom
2. evil

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
fí	ḟí	fí pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiː/

Noun

fí n

1. (Greek letters) phi

References

• “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