fian

See also: fían

Esperanto

Adjective

fian

1. accusative singular of fia

Irish

Noun

fian f (genitive singular féine, nominative plural fiana)

1. Alternative form of fiann

Declension

Declension of fian

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fian fiana Vocative a fhian a fhiana Genitive féine fian Dative fian fiana

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhian na fiana Genitive na féine na bhfian Dative leis an bhfian don fhian leis na fiana

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fian	fhian	bhfian
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

Italian

Alternative forms

• fien

Verb

fian

1. Apocopic form of fiano, third-person plural future of fire
   • early 14^th century, Dante, “Canto XIX”, in Paradiso, lines 130–135:

     Vedrassi l'avarizia e la viltate
     di quei che guarda l'isola del foco,
     ove Anchise finì la lunga etate;
     e a dare ad intender quanto è poco,
     la sua scrittura fian lettere mozze,
     che noteranno molto in parvo loco.

     Be seen the avarice and poltroonery of him who guards the Island of the Fire, wherein Anchises finished his long life; and to declare how pitiful he is shall be his record in contracted letters which shall make note of much in little space.

Anagrams

• anfi-, fina, naïf