fia

See also fià, fía, and FIA

Esperanto

Adjective

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

1. shameful, ignoble

   Kiam faktoj ne sukcetis gajni la juĝadon, la advokoto kliniĝis sin al fiaj artifikoj.

   When facts did not succeed to win the trial, the lawyer resorted to shameful subterfuge.

   La ekzekutisto, spite lia fia metio, estis bonkora viro.

   The executioner, in spite of his ignoble profession, was a good-hearted man.

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Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɪæ /, SAMPA: /"fi:{ /

Noun

fia (plural fiawo )

1. king.

Verb

fia

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

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French

Verb

fia

1. third-person singular past historic of fier

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Hungarian

Etymology

fiú + -a

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfijɒ/
• Hyphenation: fia

Noun

fia

1. possessive third-person singular, singular possession of fiú

   Három fia volt. - He/she had three sons.

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Irish

Alternative forms

• fiadh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish fíad.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [fʲiə]

Noun

fia m.

1. deer

Declension

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fia	fhia	bhfia
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Portuguese

Verb

fia (infinitive: fiar)

1. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of verb fiar.
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of verb fiar.

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Romansch

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin focus (“hearth, fireplace”).

Noun

fia m.

1. (Sutsilvan) fire

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Samoan

Verb

fia

1. like