fia

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fia"

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• fi (Southern Bavarian, Tyrol)

Etymology

From Middle High German vür, from Old High German furi, from Proto-West Germanic *furi, from Proto-Germanic *furi, from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiɐ̯/
• Homophone: vier

Preposition

fia (sandhi fiar) (Central Bavarian, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)

1. for (directed at; intended to belong to)

   Des is fia di. ― This is for you.

2. in favor of, in support of

   I bin fia de Woaheit. ― I'm in favor of the truth.

3. for (by the standards of)

   Fiar an Hund is des a guade Leistung. ― For a dog, this is a good performance.

4. on behalf of

   Mei Sekretär kimmert si um des fia mi. ― My secretary will tend to that on my behalf.

5. kind / type of

   Wås fiar a Biachl is des? ― What kind of book is this?

Catalan

Verb

fia

1. inflection of fiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

From fi- (“shameful, immoral, corrupt, dissolute, dirty, slutty”) +‎ -a (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): [ˈfia]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: fi‧a

Adjective

fia (accusative singular fian, plural fiaj, accusative plural fiajn)

1. shameful, ignoble

   La ekzekutisto, spite lia fia metio, estis bonkora viro. ― The executioner, despite his shameful trade, was a kind man.

2. naughty

   Sian fian liston Avo Frosto ĉiam kontrolas dufoje. ― Santa Claus checks always his naughty list twice.

Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪæ/

Noun

fia (plural fiawo)

1. king

Verb

fia

1. to burn
2. to demonstrate
3. to show
4. to teach

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

fia

1. third-person singular past historic of fier

Galician

Verb

fia

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of fiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Hungarian

Etymology

From the fi variant of fiú (“son”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfijɒ]
• Hyphenation: fia

Noun

fia

1. (with a possessive suffix) third-person singular single-possession possessive of fiú (“boy, son”): one’s son (irregular possessive-suffixed form specifically referring to a son)

   Coordinate term: (regular possessive-suffixed form) lánya (“one’s daughter”)

   A fia egy másik városban él. ― His/her son lives in another city.

Usage notes

For the possessive of fiú in the sense “boyfriend”, see fiúja.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	fia	—
accusative	fiát	—
dative	fiának	—
instrumental	fiával	—
causal-final	fiáért	—
translative	fiává	—
terminative	fiáig	—
essive-formal	fiaként	—
essive-modal	fiául	—
inessive	fiában	—
superessive	fián	—
adessive	fiánál	—
illative	fiába	—
sublative	fiára	—
allative	fiához	—
elative	fiából	—
delative	fiáról	—
ablative	fiától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	fiáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	fiáéi	—

Possessive forms of fia
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	fiam	fiaim
2nd person sing.	fiad	fiaid
3rd person sing.	fia	fiai
1st person plural	fiunk	fiaink
2nd person plural	fiatok	fiaitok
3rd person plural	fiuk	fiaik

Further reading

• fia in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Irish

Alternative forms

• fiadh (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲiə/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fíad (“wild animals, game, especially deer”), from Proto-Celtic *weidus (“wild”). Doublet of the sense “waste”.

Noun

fia m (genitive singular fia, nominative plural fianna)

1. deer

Declension

Declension of fia (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fia fianna vocative a fhia a fhianna genitive fia fianna dative fia fianna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fia na fianna genitive an fhia na bhfianna dative leis an bhfia don fhia leis na fianna

Derived terms

• carria
• fia bairr m (“stag”)
• fia bán m (“fallow deer”)
• fia beannach m (“antlered deer, stag”)
• fia buí m (“fallow deer”)
• fia fionn m (“fallow deer”)
• fia mór m (“elk”)
• fia odhar m (“roe deer”)
• fia rua m (“red deer”)
• fia-chú m (“deerhound”)
• fiach fianna m (“deer-stalking”)
• fiafheoil f (“venison”)
• fiagaí m (“hunter, huntsman”)
• fialann f (“deerpark”)
• fiaphoc m (“buck”)
• fiasheilg f (“stag-hunting”)
• muscfhia m (“musk deer”)
• réinfhia m (“reindeer”)
• seilg fianna f (“stag-hunting”)

 

Adjective

fia

1. wild

Declension

Declension of fia

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	fia	fhia	fia; fhia2
vocative	fhia		fia
genitive		fia	fia	fia
dative	fia; fhia1	fhia	fia; fhia2
Comparative	níos fia
Superlative	is fia

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• diasa fia m (“corn-cockle”)
• fia- (“wild; large, outsize”)

Related terms

• fiáin

Etymology 2

From Old Irish fíad (“uncultivated land, a waste spot; a territory, land”), from Proto-Celtic *weidus (“wild”). Doublet of the sense “deer; wild”.

Noun

fia m (genitive singular fia)

1. waste, wilderness
2. land, territory

Declension

Declension of fia (fourth declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative fia vocative a fhia genitive fia dative fia forms with the definite article case singular nominative an fia genitive an fhia dative leis an bhfia don fhia

Mutation

Mutated forms of fia

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fia	fhia	bhfia

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fia”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fia”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Italian

Alternative forms

• fie

Verb

fia

1. third-person singular future of fire: (he/she/it) will be

Anagrams

• AFI, FAI, fai, ifa

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəʀəs (compare with Malay perah and peras).

Verb

fia

1. to squeeze, to press

Derived terms

• rafia

Further reading

• fia in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Eye dialect spelling. Masculine: fio.

Noun

fia f (plural fias, masculine fio, masculine plural fios)

1. Eye dialect spelling of filha.

   Synonym: fía

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fia

1. inflection of fiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romansch

Alternative forms

• fieu (Rumantsch Grischun)
• fiug (Sursilvan)
• fiac (Sutsilvan)
• fi (Surmiran)
• fö (Puter, Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin focus (“hearth, fireplace”).

Noun

fia m

1. (Sutsilvan) fire

Samoan

Verb

fia

1. want to do something

Spanish

Alternative forms

• fiá

Verb

fia

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of fiar

Anagrams

• AFI

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-fia (infinitive kufia)

1. Applicative form of -fa: to die (for a cause)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fa

2. (idiomatic) to love someone deeply

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fia
Positive present -nafia Subjunctive -fie Negative -fii Imperative singular fia
Infinitives
Positive kufia Negative kutofia
Imperatives
Singular fia Plural fieni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufia Positive past positive subject concord + -lifia Negative past negative subject concord + -kufia
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafia) Singular Plural 1st person ninafia/nafia tunafia 2nd person unafia mnafia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafia wanafia other classes positive subject concord + -nafia
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fii) Singular Plural 1st person sifii hatufii 2nd person hufii hamfii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafii hawafii other classes negative subject concord + -fii
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafia Negative future negative subject concord + -tafia
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fie) Singular Plural 1st person nifie tufie 2nd person ufie mfie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afie wafie other classes positive subject concord + -fie
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifie Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefia Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefia Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifia Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifia
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afia) Singular Plural 1st person nafia twafia 2nd person wafia mwafia 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afia wafia m-mi(III/IV) wafia yafia ji-ma(V/VI) lafia yafia ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafia vyafia n(IX/X) yafia zafia u(XI) wafia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafia pa(XVI) pafia mu(XVIII) mwafia
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefia "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafia "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafia "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifia "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofia Consecutive kafia / positive subject concord + -kafia Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafie
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifia -tufia 2nd person -kufia -wafia/-kufieni/-wafieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfia -wafia m-mi(III/IV) -ufia -ifia ji-ma(V/VI) -lifia -yafia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifia -vifia n(IX/X) -ifia -zifia u(XI) -ufia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufia pa(XVI) -pafia mu(XVIII) -mufia Reflexive -jifia
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -fiaye -fiao m-mi(III/IV) -fiao -fiayo ji-ma(V/VI) -fialo -fiayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fiacho -fiavyo n(IX/X) -fiayo -fiazo u(XI) -fiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -fiako pa(XVI) -fiapo mu(XVIII) -fiamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fia) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefia -ofia m-mi(III/IV) -ofia -yofia ji-ma(V/VI) -lofia -yofia ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofia -vyofia n(IX/X) -yofia -zofia u(XI) -ofia see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofia pa(XVI) -pofia mu(XVIII) -mofia
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.