fí

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)

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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

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. present subjunctive analytic of figh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fí fhí bhfí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

Middle Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fʲiː/

Noun

fí (poetic)

  1. poison, venom
  2. evil

Mutation
Middle Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
fíḟífí
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfiː/

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, 2024
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