Old Norse

Proper noun

Fíli m (genitive Fíla)

1. (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf

References

1. ↑ Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4

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

Latin

Noun

filī m

1. genitive singular of filius
2. vocative singular of filius

fīlī n

1. genitive singular of fīlum

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

Declension

Derived terms

• filidecht

Descendants

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

Mutation

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)

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.

Verb

fili

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