foi

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See also: Foi, FOI, and foʻi

Asturian

Verb

foi

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser

Chibcha

Pronunciation

Noun

foi

  1. Alternative form of boi

References

  • Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French foy, from Old French foi, fei, feid, from Latin fidem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”).

Pronunciation

Noun

foi f (plural fois)

  1. faith
  2. (heraldry) a depiction of a handshake

Derived terms

Further reading

Galician

Etymology 1

Inflected form of ir (“to go”).

Verb

foi

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ir

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ser (“to be”).

Verb

foi

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin fidem.

Pronunciation

Noun

foi oblique singular, f (oblique plural fois, nominative singular foi, nominative plural fois)

  1. faith
  2. allegiance; faithfulness
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 156 (of the Champion Classiques edition), →ISBN, line 1837:
      sa fei lealment li afie
      he loyally pledges his allegiance to him

Descendants

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oj
  • Hyphenation: foi

Verb

foi

  1. third-person singular preterite indicative of ir
  2. third-person singular preterite indicative of ser
    • 1999, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, Rocco, page 57:
      O jantar aquela noite foi muito agradável.
      The dinner that night was very pleasant.

Interjection

foi

  1. (Brazil) indicates that an action has been undertaken; done
    Synonym: feito
    — Pode enviar a mensagem? — Foi.
    “Can you send the message?”, “Done.”

Romanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From foaie +‎ -i.

Noun

foi

  1. plural of foaie

Etymology 2

Either from foaie +‎ -i or from a Vulgar Latin root *follīre, from Late Latin follēre, present active infinitive of folleō, from Latin follis.

Verb

a foi (third-person singular present foiește, past participle foit) 4th conj.

  1. (reflexive) to fuss, bustle, move about
  2. (of a place) to be full of people who are busy, teem with
    Synonym: mișuna
Conjugation
    conjugation of foi (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
infinitive a foi
gerund foind
past participle foit
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present foiesc foiești foiește foim foiți foiesc
imperfect foiam foiai foia foiam foiați foiau
simple perfect foii foiși foi foirăm foirăți foiră
pluperfect foisem foiseși foise foiserăm foiserăți foiseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să foiesc să foiești să foiască să foim să foiți să foiască
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative foiește foiți
negative nu foi nu foiți
See also

West Makian

West Makian cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : foi

Pronunciation

Numeral

foi (inanimate mafoi, animate dimfoi, polite gomafoi)

  1. five

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (as foy)
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