fíu

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See also: fiu, FIU, fiú, fiù, and fiû

Asturian

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Etymology

From Latin fīlius.

Noun

fíu m (plural fíos)

  1. son
  2. child (son or daughter)

Old Irish

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Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *wesus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (excellent). Cognate to Welsh gwiw, Sanskrit वसु (vásu, excellent, good, beneficent).

Pronunciation

Adjective

fíu

  1. worthy, fitting
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 44c2
      .i. air bin fiu leu etir
      I was worthy at all in their opinion.
  2. (sometimes) worthwhile
  3. worth, equivalent to
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 63d1
      amal ní bimmis fíu ní etir
      as if we were not worth anything at all
  4. (following co) to the extent of, even including
  5. (after comparative) than, as

Descendants

  • Irish: fiú
  • Manx: feeu
  • Scottish Gaelic: fiù