fís

See also: FIS, Fis, fis, fis', fiş, and fís-

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiːs/

  Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

fís n (genitive singular físs, no plural)

1. (music) F sharp

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲiːʃ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fís (“vision”), from Latin vīsiō (“seeing, sight, vision, view”).

Noun

fís f (genitive singular físe, nominative plural físeanna)

1. vision, dream
2. (historical) vision tale

Declension

Declension of fís

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fís físeanna Vocative a fhís a fhíseanna Genitive físe físeanna Dative fís físeanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhís na físeanna Genitive na físe na bhfíseanna Dative leis an bhfís don fhís leis na físeanna

Derived terms

• aonad taispeána físe (“visual display unit, VDU”)
• cluiche físe (“video game”)
• fís- (“video-”)
• físeán (“video”)
• físráiteas
• teilifís (“television”)
• téip físe (“videotape”)

 

Etymology 2

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Noun

fís f (genitive singular físe, nominative plural físeacha)

1. wage, fee

Declension

Declension of fís

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fís físeacha Vocative a fhís a fhíseacha Genitive físe físeacha Dative fís físeacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhís na físeacha Genitive na físe na bhfíseacha Dative leis an bhfís don fhís leis na físeacha

Etymology 3

Noun

fís f (genitive singular físe, nominative plural físí or físeacha)

1. Alternative form of fithis (“path, passage; course, orbit”)

Declension

Declension of fís

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fís físí Vocative a fhís a fhísí Genitive físe físí Dative fís físí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhís na físí Genitive na físe na bhfísí Dative leis an bhfís don fhís leis na físí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fís	fhís	bhfís
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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