fia

fia

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Nobiin.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Nobiin terms

• fi (Southern Bavarian, Tyrol)

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

• IPA^(key): /fiɐ̯/
• Homophone: vier

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?

fia

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

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

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

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.

• IPA^(key): /fià/, [f͈ià] (noun)
• IPA^(key): /fiá/, [f͈iá] (verb)

fià (plural fiawo)

1. king

fiá

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

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fia

1. third-person singular past historic of fier

fia

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

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

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

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.

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

• fia 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.

• fiadh (obsolete)^[1]

• IPA^(key): /fʲiə/^[2]

From Old Irish fíad (“wild animals, game, especially deer”),^[3] from Proto-Celtic *weidus (“wild”). Doublet of the sense “waste”.

fia m (genitive singular fia, nominative plural fianna)

1. deer

fia

1. wild

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

• fiáin

From Old Irish fíad (“uncultivated land, a waste spot; a territory, land”),^[4] from Proto-Celtic *weidus (“wild”). Doublet of the sense “deer; wild”.

fia m (genitive singular fia)

1. waste, wilderness
2. land, territory

• 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, 2013–2025

• fie

fia

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

• AFI, FAI, fai, ifa

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

fia

1. to squeeze, to press

• rafia

• fia in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fia

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

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

1. pronunciation spelling of filha, representing Caipira Portuguese

   Synonym: fía

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

From Latin focus (“hearth, fireplace”).

fia m

1. (Sutsilvan) fire

fia

1. want to do something

• fiá (pre-2010)

fia

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of fiar

• AFI

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-fia (infinitive kufia)

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

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fa

2. (idiomatic) to love someone deeply

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.