fios
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Abbreviation
FiOS m.
[edit] Irish
[edit] Etymology
From Old Irish fis, from Proto-Celtic *wissu- (compare Welsh gwys (“summons”)) from Proto-Indo-European *wid-tu-, which is a derivation of Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“know, see”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [fʲɪsˠ]
[edit] Noun
fios m.
[edit] Declension
- Third declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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[edit] Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| fios | fhios | bhfios | |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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[edit] Related terms
[edit] Derived terms
- níl a fhios agam
- I don't know, literally I don't have its knowledge, very literally Its knowledge is not at me.
[edit] Scottish Gaelic
[edit] Alternative forms
[edit] Etymology
From Old Irish fis, from Proto-Celtic *wissu- (compare Welsh gwys (“summons”)) from Proto-Indo-European *wid-tu-, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“know, see”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
fios m. (genitive fiosa, plural fiosan)
- knowledge
- Chan eil fhios agam. (idiomatic expression meaning: I don't know.; lit. Knowledge is not at me.)
- indication, information, message, notice, notification, news
[edit] Synonyms
- (knowledge): aithne
[edit] Derived terms
- ainfhios
- bi fhios aig - know
- fiosaiche - soothsayer; fortune teller
- fiosrach - (well-)informed; knowledgeable
- fiosrachadh - information
- mì-fhios
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