fíon

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See also: fion

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fín, from Proto-Celtic *wīnom, borrowed from Latin vīnum.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fʲiːn̪ˠ/, /fʲiːnˠ/^[2]

Noun

fíon m (genitive singular fíona, nominative plural fíonta)

wine

Declension

Declension of fíon

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fíon	fíonta
Vocative	a fhíon	a fhíonta
Genitive	fíona	fíonta
Dative	fíon	fíonta

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fíon	na fíonta
Genitive	an fhíona	na bhfíonta
Dative	leis an bhfíon don fhíon	leis na fíonta

Derived terms

blastóir fíona
cantaoir fíona (“winepress”)
ceannaí fíona (“wine-merchant”)
deasca fíona
domlas trí fhíon (“mixture of gall and wine”)
eolaí fíona (“connoisseur in wines”)
fínéagar fíona (“wine vinegar”)
fíon Aifrinn
fíon altóra (“altar wine”)
fíon bán
fíon boird (“table wine”)
fíon codlaidín (“wine of opium”)
fíon cuiríní (“currant wine”)
fíon dearg
fíon geal
fíon géar (“dry wine”)
fíon íce (“medicated wine”)
fíon Maidéarach (“Madeira wine”)
fíon meadhránach (“exhilarating wine”)
fíon milis (“sweet wine”)
fíon mormónta
fíon oráistí (“orange wine”)
fíon quinín (“quinine wine”)
fíon saic (“sack”)
fíon saor (“choice wine”)
fíon sméar (“berry wine”)
fíon súilíneach (“sparkling wine”)
fíon tathagach (“full-bodied wine”)
fíonchaor
fíoncheannaí (“wine merchant”)
fíonda
fíondaite (“wine-coloured”)
fíonfhuil (“gentle, noble, blood”)
fíonghloine (“wine-glass”)
fíonghort
fíonmhar (“rich in wine; vinous”)
fíonmhéadar (“oenometer”)
fíonsaothrú
fíontach (“rich in wine; wine-drinking”)
fíonúil (“like wine; rich in wine”)
gloine fíona (“wine-glass; glass of wine”)
moirt fíona (“dregs of wine”)
píopa fíona (“pipe of wine”)
sceitheann fíon fírinne (“in wine, there is truth”)
siléar fíona (“wine cellar”)
tunna fíona (“tun of wine”)
umar fíona (“wine-vat”)

See also

sárbhliain (fíona) (“vintage year (for wine)”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fíon	fhíon	bhfíon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 112

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fíon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fíon”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 315
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fíon”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“fíon”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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