fiú

• fi (archaic)

From Old Hungarian fioɣ or fió with the original stem fi akin to Proto-Uralic *pojka (“son, boy”) + -ú (“archaic diminutive suffix”) (also attested as -oɣ, -ó in Old Hungarian).^[1] Cognates include Northern Mansi пыг (pyg, “son, boy”), Udmurt пи (pi, “son, boy”), Komi-Zyrian пи (pi, “son, boy”), Erzya пиё (pijo, “grandson”) and Finnish poika. See also faj. False cognate of Romanian fiu.

• IPA^(key): [ˈfijuː]

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• Rhymes: -juː

fiú (plural fiúk)

1. boy

   Synonym: srác (informal)

2. son

   Synonym: fiúgyermek

   az apa és a fia ― the father and his son

3. (colloquial) boyfriend

   Synonyms: barát, pasi

• In terms of its possessive forms, fia is used in the sense of one’s son, while one’s boyfriend is fiúja. Their other possessive forms consistently differ in the same way: the ’son’ with the irregular forms and the ’boyfriend’ with the regular forms.

• in the sense of 'son':

• otherwise (e.g. 'boyfriend'):

• fiú in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

From Old Irish fíu, from Proto-Celtic *wesus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus.

• IPA^(key): /fʲuː/^[1][2][3]

fiú (indeclinable)

1. (used with is) worth

   Ní fiú pingin é.

   It isn’t worth a penny.

2. (used with is and le) worth it, worthwhile

   is fiú liom ― it’s worth it to me

3. (used with the genitive of a following definite noun) even

   Níl fiú an léine aige.

   He hasn’t even a shirt.

   gan fiú na mbróg ― without even shoes

• fiúntach
• fiúntas

fiú

1. even

   Níl sé leathlán fiú.

   It is not even half full.

• fiú amháin

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

fiú

1. alternative spelling of fíu