fiam

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Hungarian

Etymology

From the fi variant of fiú (boy, son) +‎ -am (possessive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfijɒm]
  • Hyphenation: fi‧am

Noun

fiam

  1. first-person singular single-possession possessive of fiú
    Ez a fiam.This is my son.

Usage notes

Until around first half of the 20th century, it was applicable (and occasionally it still is[1]) not only to one’s son but also to one’s daughter, wife, pupil, servant, maid, or waiter.[2]

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative fiam
accusative fiamat
dative fiamnak
instrumental fiammal
causal-final fiamért
translative fiammá
terminative fiamig
essive-formal fiamként
essive-modal fiamul
inessive fiamban
superessive fiamon
adessive fiamnál
illative fiamba
sublative fiamra
allative fiamhoz
elative fiamból
delative fiamról
ablative fiamtól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
fiamé
non-attributive
possessive - plural
fiaméi

References

  1. ^ Miért volt szokás régen a lánygyereket fiamnak szólítani? (“Why was it customary in the old days to call a girl child ‘my son’?”) Gyakorikérdések.hu (“Common Questions”)
  2. ^ Dr. Szerényi, Mária. Értik vagy félreértik “They understand or misunderstand it”. In: Módszertani közlemények “Methodology Publications”, (48) 1. pp. 16–18. (2008)

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) fīam

  1. inflection of faciō:
    1. first-person singular future passive indicative
    2. first-person singular present passive subjunctive
  2. inflection of fīō:
    1. first-person singular future active indicative
    2. first-person singular present active subjunctive

Portuguese

Verb

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Volapük

Noun

fiam (nominative plural fiams)

  1. firm (company)

Declension


West Makian

Etymology

From fi- +‎ am (to eat).

Pronunciation

Verb

fiam

  1. (intransitive, informal) to eat
    Synonym: fajou (polite)

Conjugation

Conjugation of fiam (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tefiam mefiam afiam
2nd person nefiam fefiam
3rd person inanimate ifiam defiam
animate
imperative nifiam, fiam fifiam, fiam

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics (on page 12 as fiám)