fiú
See also: fiu, FIU, fíu, fiù, fiû, and fi'u
Hungarian
Etymology
From the original stem fi akin to Proto-Uralic *pojka (“son, boy”) + -ú (“archaic diminutive suffix”). Cognates include Mansi пыг (pī̮γ, “son, boy”), Udmurt пи (pi, “son, boy”), Komi-Zyrian пи (pi, “son, boy”) and Finnish poika.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfiʲuː]
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Noun
fiú (plural fiúk)
- boy
- Synonym: srác (informal)
- son
- Synonym: fiúgyermek
- az apa és a fia ― the father and his son
- (colloquial) boyfriend
- Synonyms: barát, pasi
Usage notes
- In terms of its possessive forms, fia is used in the sense of one’s son, while one’s boyfriend is fiúja. Their other possessive forms consistently differ in the same way: the ’son’ with the irregular forms and the ’boyfriend’ with the regular forms.
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | fiú | fiúk |
| accusative | fiút | fiúkat |
| dative | fiúnak | fiúknak |
| instrumental | fiúval | fiúkkal |
| causal-final | fiúért | fiúkért |
| translative | fiúvá | fiúkká |
| terminative | fiúig | fiúkig |
| essive-formal | fiúként | fiúkként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | fiúban | fiúkban |
| superessive | fiún | fiúkon |
| adessive | fiúnál | fiúknál |
| illative | fiúba | fiúkba |
| sublative | fiúra | fiúkra |
| allative | fiúhoz | fiúkhoz |
| elative | fiúból | fiúkból |
| delative | fiúról | fiúkról |
| ablative | fiútól | fiúktól |
- in the sense of 'son':
| Possessive forms of fiú | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | fiam | fiaim |
| 2nd person sing. | fiad | fiaid |
| 3rd person sing. | fia | fiai |
| 1st person plural | fiunk | fiaink |
| 2nd person plural | fiatok | fiaitok |
| 3rd person plural | fiuk | fiaik |
- otherwise (e.g. 'boyfriend'):
| Possessive forms of fiú | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | fiúm | fiúim |
| 2nd person sing. | fiúd | fiúid |
| 3rd person sing. | fiúja | fiúi |
| 1st person plural | fiúnk | fiúink |
| 2nd person plural | fiútok | fiúitok |
| 3rd person plural | fiújuk | fiúik |
Derived terms
- cserkészfiú
Related terms
- fi
- fiók
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish fíu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʲuː/
Noun
fiú (indeclinable)
- (used with is) worth
- Ní fiú pingin é.
- It isn’t worth a penny.
- (used with is and le) worth it, worthwhile
- is fiú liom ― it’s worth it to me
- (used with the genitive of a following definite noun) even
- Níl fiú an léine aige.
- He hasn’t even a shirt.
- gan fiú na mbróg ― without even shoes
Related terms
- fiúntach
- fiúntas
Adverb
fiú
- even
- Níl sé leathlán fiú.
- It is not even half full.
Derived terms
- fiú amháin
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fiú | fhiú | bhfiú |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old Irish
Adjective
fiú
- Alternative spelling of fíu