fios

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See also: FiOS and fíos

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish fis, from Old Irish fius,[1] from Proto-Celtic *wissus, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydtus, which is derived from *weyd- (“know, see”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fios m (genitive singular feasa)

  1. knowledge, information
    Synonyms: eolas, tuiscint
    cá bhfios duit? ― how do you know?
    ar feadh a bhfuil dá fhios againn ― for all we know
    ag Dia atá a fhios ― God only knows
    fios ciontach ― guilty knowledge
    Eochair feasa foghlaim. (proverb) ― Learning is the key to knowledge.
  2. carnal knowledge
  3. occult knowledge
    fios a dhéanamh do dhuine ― to tell someone his fortune

Declension

Declension of fios (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative fios
vocative a fhios
genitive feasa
dative fios
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fios
genitive an fheasa
dative leis an bhfios
don fhios

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fios
radical lenition eclipsis
fios fhios bhfios

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fis, fius”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 57, page 30
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 111

Further reading

Portuguese

Noun

fios

  1. plural of fio

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish fis, from Old Irish fius, from Proto-Celtic *wissus, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydtus, which is derived from *weyd- (“know, see”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fios m (genitive singular fiosa, plural fiosan)

  1. knowledge
    Synonym: aithne
    Chan eil fios agam. ― I don't know. (literally, “Knowledge is not at me.”)
  2. indication, information, message, notice, notification, news

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of fios
radical lenition
fios fhios

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “fios”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fis, fius”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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