fiú

See also: fiu, FIU, fíu, fiù, and fiû

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• fi (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Hungarian fioɣ or fió with the original stem fi akin to Proto-Uralic *pojka (“son, boy”) + -ú (“archaic diminutive suffix”) (also attested as -oɣ, -ó in Old Hungarian). Cognates include Northern Mansi пыг (pyg, “son, boy”), Udmurt пи (pi, “son, boy”), Komi-Zyrian пи (pi, “son, boy”), Erzya пиё (pijo, “grandson”) and Finnish poika. See also faj. False cognate of Romanian fiu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfijuː]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -juː

Noun

fiú (plural fiúk)

1. boy

   Synonym: srác (informal)

2. son

   Synonym: fiúgyermek

   az apa és a fia ― the father and his son

3. (colloquial) boyfriend

   Synonyms: barát, pasi

Usage notes

• In terms of its possessive forms, fia is used in the sense of one’s son, while one’s boyfriend is fiúja. Their other possessive forms consistently differ in the same way: the ’son’ with the irregular forms and the ’boyfriend’ with the regular forms.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	fiú	fiúk
accusative	fiút	fiúkat
dative	fiúnak	fiúknak
instrumental	fiúval	fiúkkal
causal-final	fiúért	fiúkért
translative	fiúvá	fiúkká
terminative	fiúig	fiúkig
essive-formal	fiúként	fiúkként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	fiúban	fiúkban
superessive	fiún	fiúkon
adessive	fiúnál	fiúknál
illative	fiúba	fiúkba
sublative	fiúra	fiúkra
allative	fiúhoz	fiúkhoz
elative	fiúból	fiúkból
delative	fiúról	fiúkról
ablative	fiútól	fiúktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	fiúé	fiúké
non-attributive possessive – plural	fiúéi	fiúkéi

• in the sense of 'son':

Possessive forms of fiú

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	fiam	fiaim
2nd person sing.	fiad	fiaid
3rd person sing.	fia	fiai
1st person plural	fiunk	fiaink
2nd person plural	fiatok	fiaitok
3rd person plural	fiuk	fiaik

• otherwise (e.g. 'boyfriend'):

Possessive forms of fiú

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	fiúm	fiúim
2nd person sing.	fiúd	fiúid
3rd person sing.	fiúja	fiúi
1st person plural	fiúnk	fiúink
2nd person plural	fiútok	fiúitok
3rd person plural	fiújuk	fiúik

Derived terms

Compound words

• cserkészfiú
• fiútestvér
• keresztfiú

Related terms

• fi
• fiók

Further reading

• fiú in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fíu, from Proto-Celtic *wesus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲuː/

Noun

fiú (indeclinable)

1. (used with is) worth

   Ní fiú pingin é.

   It isn’t worth a penny.

2. (used with is and le) worth it, worthwhile

   is fiú liom ― it’s worth it to me

3. (used with the genitive of a following definite noun) even

   Níl fiú an léine aige.

   He hasn’t even a shirt.

   gan fiú na mbróg ― without even shoes

Related terms

• fiúntach
• fiúntas

Adverb

fiú

1. even

   Níl sé leathlán fiú.

   It is not even half full.

Derived terms

• fiú amháin

Mutation

Mutated forms of fiú

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fiú	fhiú	bhfiú

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Adjective

fiú

1. Alternative spelling of fíu