fithis

Irish

Alternative forms

• fís

Etymology

From Middle Irish fithise, from Old Irish fithis.

Noun

fithis f (genitive singular fithise, nominative plural fithisí or fithiseacha)

1. path, passage
2. course, orbit
3. (anatomy) meatus

Declension

Declension of fithis

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fithis fithisí Vocative a fhithis a fhithisí Genitive fithise fithisí Dative fithis fithisí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhithis na fithisí Genitive na fithise na bhfithisí Dative leis an bhfithis don fhithis leis na fithisí

• Alternative plural: fithiseacha

Derived terms

• fithis na cluaise (“auditory meatus”)
• fithiseach (“orbital”, adjective)
• fithiseán m (“orbital”)
• fithisigh (“orbit”, intransitive verb)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fithis	fhithis	bhfithis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fithis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fithis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• “fithis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024