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fiú

fiú

See also: fiu, FIU, fíu, fiù, fiû, and fi'u

Hungarian

Noun

fiú (plural fiúk)

  1. boy
  2. son
    az apa és a fia — the father and his son
  3. (colloquial) boyfriend

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

Synonyms

Derived terms


Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fíu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʲuː/

Noun

fiú (indeclinable)

  1. (used with is) worth
    fiú pingin é.
    It isn’t worth a penny.
  2. (used with with is and le) worth it, worthwhile
    is fiú liom ― it’s worth it to me
  3. (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

Adverb

fiú

  1. 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

  1. Alternative spelling of fíu