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Czech
Noun
fí n (indeclinable)
- phi (Greek letter)
Icelandic
Noun
fí n (genitive singular fís, nominative plural fí)
- phi (Greek letter)
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
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
As verbal noun:
As substantive:
Verb
fí
- analytic present subjunctive of figh
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| fí
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fhí
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bhfí
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison”). Cognate with Latin vīrus, Sanskrit विष (víṣa), Ancient Greek ἰός (iós).
Pronunciation
Noun
fí (poetic)
- poison, venom
- evil
Mutation
| Middle Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| fí |
ḟí |
fí
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).
Pronunciation
Noun
fí n
- (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