fí

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "fi"

Czech

Noun

fí n (indeclinable)

  1. phi (Greek letter)

Icelandic

Noun

fí n (genitive singular fís, nominative plural fí)

  1. phi (Greek letter)

Declension

Declension of fí (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fí fíið fí fíin
accusative fí fíið fí fíin
dative fí, fíi fíinu fíum fíunum
genitive fís físins fía fíanna

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

fí f (genitive singular as substantive fí, genitive as verbal noun fite)

  1. verbal noun of figh (“to weave”)
  2. weave (type or way of weaving)

Declension

As verbal noun:

Declension of fí (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative fí
vocative a fhí
genitive fite
dative fí
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an fhí
genitive na fite
dative leis an bhfí
don fhí

As substantive:

Declension of fí (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative fí
vocative a fhí
genitive fí
dative fí
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an fhí
genitive na fí
dative leis an bhfí
don fhí

Verb

fí

  1. analytic present subjunctive of figh

Mutation

Mutated forms of fí
radical lenition eclipsis
fí fhí bhfí

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 112, page 44

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison”). Cognate with Latin vīrus, Sanskrit विष (víṣa), Ancient Greek ἰός (iós).

Pronunciation

Noun

fí (poetic)

  1. poison, venom
  2. evil

Mutation

Mutation of fí
radical lenition nasalization
fí ḟí fí
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).

Pronunciation

Noun

fí n

  1. (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, 2003–2024
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