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fiú
fiú
Hungarian
Noun
fiú (plural fiúk)
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʲuː/
Noun
fiú (indeclinable)
- (used with is) worth
- Ní fiú pingin é.
- It isn’t worth a penny.
- Ní fiú pingin é.
- (used with 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
- Níl fiú an léine aige.
Related terms
Adverb
fiú
- even
- Níl sé leathlán fiú.
- It is not even half full.
- Níl sé leathlán fiú.
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. | ||