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Translingual

Symbol

fia

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nobiin.

See also

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German vür, from Old High German furi, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi, from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-.

Pronunciation

Preposition

fia (sandhi fiar) (Central Bavarian, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)

  1. for (directed at; intended to belong to)
    Des is fia di.This is for you.
  2. in favor of, in support of
    I bin fia de Woaheit.I'm in favor of the truth.
  3. for (by the standards of)
    Fiar an Hund is des a guade Leistung.For a dog, this is a good performance.
  4. on behalf of
    Mei Sekretär kimmert si um des fia mi.My secretary will tend to that on my behalf.
  5. kind / type of
    Wås fiar a Biachl is des?What kind of book is this?

Catalan

Verb

fia

  1. inflection of fiar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

From fi- (shameful, immoral, corrupt, dissolute, dirty, slutty) +‎ -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

fia (accusative singular fian, plural fiaj, accusative plural fiajn)

  1. shameful, ignoble
    La ekzekutisto, spite lia fia metio, estis bonkora viro.The executioner, despite his shameful trade, was a kind man.
  2. naughty
    Sian fian liston Avo Frosto ĉiam kontrolas dufoje.Santa Claus checks always his naughty list twice.

Ewe

Pronunciation

Noun

fia (plural fiawo)

  1. king

Verb

fia

  1. to burn
  2. to demonstrate
  3. to show
  4. to teach

French

Pronunciation

Verb

fia

  1. third-person singular past historic of fier

Galician

Verb

fia

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of fiar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Hungarian

Etymology

From the fi variant of fiú (son) +‎ -a (possessive suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

fia

  1. (with a possessive suffix) third-person singular single-possession possessive of fiú (boy, son): one’s son (irregular possessive-suffixed form specifically referring to a son)
    Coordinate term: (regular possessive-suffixed form) lánya (one’s daughter)
    A fia egy másik városban él.His/her son lives in another city.

Usage notes

For the possessive of fiú in the sense “boyfriend”, see fiúja.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative fia
accusative fiát
dative fiának
instrumental fiával
causal-final fiáért
translative fiává
terminative fiáig
essive-formal fiaként
essive-modal fiául
inessive fiában
superessive fián
adessive fiánál
illative fiába
sublative fiára
allative fiához
elative fiából
delative fiáról
ablative fiától
non-attributive
possessive - singular
fiáé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
fiáéi
Possessive forms of fia
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

Further reading

  • fia in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fíad (wild animals, game, especially deer),[3] from Proto-Celtic *weidus (wild). Doublet of the sense waste.

Noun

fia m (genitive singular fia, nominative plural fianna)

  1. deer
Declension
Declension of fia (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fia fianna
vocative a fhia a fhianna
genitive fia fianna
dative fia fianna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fia na fianna
genitive an fhia na bhfianna
dative leis an bhfia
don fhia
leis na fianna
Derived terms

Adjective

fia

  1. wild
Declension
Declension of fia
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative fia fhia fia;
fhia2
vocative fhia fia
genitive fia fia fia
dative fia;
fhia1
fhia fia;
fhia2
Comparative níos fia
Superlative is fia

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms
  • diasa fia m (corn-cockle)
  • fia- (wild; large, outsize)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish fíad (uncultivated land, a waste spot; a territory, land),[4] from Proto-Celtic *weidus (wild). Doublet of the sense deer; wild.

Noun

fia m (genitive singular fia)

  1. waste, wilderness
  2. land, territory
Declension
Declension of fia (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative fia
vocative a fhia
genitive fia
dative fia
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an fia
genitive an fhia
dative leis an bhfia
don fhia

Mutation

Mutated forms of fia
radical lenition eclipsis
fia fhia bhfia

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

References

  1. ^ fia”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 110
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fíad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 fíad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Italian

Alternative forms

Verb

fia

  1. third-person singular future of fire: (he/she/it) will be

Anagrams

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəʀəs (compare with Malay perah and peras).

Verb

fia

  1. to squeeze, to press

Derived terms

Further reading

  • fia in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Eye dialect spelling. Masculine: fio.

Noun

fia f (plural fias, masculine fio, masculine plural fios)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of filha.
    Synonym: fía

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fia

  1. inflection of fiar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin focus (hearth, fireplace).

Noun

fia m

  1. (Sutsilvan) fire

Samoan

Verb

fia

  1. want to do something

Spanish

Alternative forms

Verb

fia

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of fiar

Anagrams

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-fia (infinitive kufia)

  1. Applicative form of -fa: to die (for a cause)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fa
  2. (idiomatic) to love someone deeply

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fia
Positive present -nafia
Subjunctive -fie
Negative -fii
Imperative singular fia
Infinitives
Positive kufia
Negative kutofia
Imperatives
Singular fia
Plural fieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufia
Positive past positive subject concord + -lifia
Negative past negative subject concord + -kufia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafia)
Singular Plural
1st person ninafia/nafia tunafia
2nd person unafia mnafia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafia wanafia
other classes positive subject concord + -nafia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fii)
Singular Plural
1st person sifii hatufii
2nd person hufii hamfii
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafii hawafii
other classes negative subject concord + -fii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafia
Negative future negative subject concord + -tafia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fie)
Singular Plural
1st person nifie tufie
2nd person ufie mfie
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afie wafie
other classes positive subject concord + -fie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifie
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefia
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefia
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifia
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afia)
Singular Plural
1st person nafia twafia
2nd person wafia mwafia
3rd person m-wa(I/II) afia wafia
m-mi(III/IV) wafia yafia
ji-ma(V/VI) lafia yafia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafia vyafia
n(IX/X) yafia zafia
u(XI) wafia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwafia
pa(XVI) pafia
mu(XVIII) mwafia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefia
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshafia
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafia
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kifia
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipofia
Consecutive kafia / positive subject concord + -kafia
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafie
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nifia -tufia
2nd person -kufia -wafia/-kufieni/-wafieni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfia -wafia
m-mi(III/IV) -ufia -ifia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lifia -yafia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifia -vifia
n(IX/X) -ifia -zifia
u(XI) -ufia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kufia
pa(XVI) -pafia
mu(XVIII) -mufia
Reflexive -jifia
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fia- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -fiaye -fiao
m-mi(III/IV) -fiao -fiayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -fialo -fiayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fiacho -fiavyo
n(IX/X) -fiayo -fiazo
u(XI) -fiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -fiako
pa(XVI) -fiapo
mu(XVIII) -fiamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fia)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yefia -ofia
m-mi(III/IV) -ofia -yofia
ji-ma(V/VI) -lofia -yofia
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofia -vyofia
n(IX/X) -yofia -zofia
u(XI) -ofia see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kofia
pa(XVI) -pofia
mu(XVIII) -mofia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.