fili

See also: filí, Fíli, and fíli-

Catalan

Verb

fili

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Hausa

Etymology

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Noun

fīlī m (plural fīlā̀yē, possessed form fīlin)

1. open field, plot of land, square
2. (by extension) opportunity, chance, opening

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Italian

Noun

fili m

1. plural of filo

Verb

fili

1. second-person singular present indicative of filare
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of filare
3. second-person singular present subjunctive of filare
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of filare
5. third-person singular imperative of filare

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) fīlī m

1. genitive singular of fīlius
2. vocative singular of fīlius

Noun

(deprecated template usage) fīlī n

1. genitive singular of fīlum

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚃᚓᚂᚔᚈᚐᚄ (velitas), from Proto-Celtic *weless.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʲilʲi/

Noun

fili m (genitive filed, nominative plural filid)

1. poet, seer
   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 162^a3

     In tan labratar ind ḟilid a persin inna ṅdea, do·gniat primam ⁊ secundam in illis.

     When the poets speak in the person of the gods, they make a first and second [person] in them.

Declension

Masculine t-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	fili	filidL, fili	filid
Vocative	fili	filidL, fili	fileda
Accusative	filidN	filidL, fili	fileda
Genitive	filed	filed	filedN
Dative	filidL	filedaib	filedaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• filidecht

Descendants

• Irish: file
• Manx: feelee
• Scottish Gaelic: filidh

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
fili	ḟili	fili pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fili (compare Maori whiri), from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq (compare Ilocano pili, Indonesian pilih, Malay pilih, Tagalog pili), from Proto-Austronesian *piliq.

Verb

fili

1. to choose (to elect)
2. to choose (to pick)

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Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fili (compare Maori whiri), from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq (compare Ilocano pili, Indonesian pilih, Malay pilih, Tagalog pili), from Proto-Austronesian *piliq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.li/

Verb

fili

1. to choose (to elect)
2. to choose (to pick)