фи

Dungan

Etymology

Cognate to Standard Mandarin (shuǐ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi⁵¹/

Noun

фи • (fi) (II)

  1. water

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fi]

Noun

фи • (fin

  1. phi (Greek letter)

Declension

Declension of фи
singular
indefinite фи (fi)
definite unspecified фито (fito)
definite proximal фиво (fivo)
definite distal фино (fino)
vocative фи (fi)

Romanian

Verb

а фи (a fi) (third-person singular present есте, past participle фост, third-person subjunctive фие) [conj?]

  1. Post-1930s Cyrillic spelling of fi.

Conjugation

conjugation type iv

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fʲi]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).

Noun

фи • (fin inan (indeclinable)

  1. phi (the Greek letter Φ/φ)

See also

Etymology 2

Interjection

фи • (fi)

  1. Used to show (usually arrogant) lack of admiration, interest, or inspiration: meh, whatever
  2. Used to show (usually arrogant) disapproval, discontent: yuck, bah, pah, pfft (same as фу)
    • 1867, Иван Тургенев, “VII”, in Дым; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Smoke, 1896:
      Она бросилась к нему навстречу с обычным ласковым приветом — и вдруг остановилась.
      — У вас нет перчаток, — с расстановкою проговорила она и тотчас же прибавила: — фи! какой вы… студент!
      Ona brosilasʹ k nemu navstreču s obyčnym laskovym privetom — i vdrug ostanovilasʹ.
      — U vas net perčatok, — s rasstanovkoju progovorila ona i totčas že pribavila: — fi! kakoj vy… student!
      She rushed to meet him with her accustomed fond welcome; suddenly she stopped short.
      'You have no gloves,' she said abruptly, and added directly after: 'Fie! what a student you are!'

Udi

Etymology

From Aghwan 𐕔𐔼 (fi).

Noun

фи • (fi)

  1. wine

Further reading

  • Gippert J., Schulze W., Aleksidze Z., Mahé J.-P., editors (2009), The Caucasian Albanian Palimpsests of Mount Sinai (Monumenta Palaeographica Medii Aevi: Series Ibero-Caucasica; 2), volume 1, Turnhout: Brepols, →ISBN, page III-2