fios

See also: FiOS and fíos

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fis, fius, from Proto-Celtic *wissus, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydtus, which is derived from *weyd- (“know, see”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Ulster) IPA^(key): /fʲɨ̞sˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /fʲɪsˠ/

Noun

fios m (genitive singular feasa)

1. knowledge, information

   Synonyms: eolas, tuiscint

   cá bhfios duit? ― how do you know?

   ar feadh a bhfuil dá fhios againn ― for all we know

   ag Dia atá a fhios ― God only knows

   fios ciontach ― guilty knowledge

   Eochair feasa foghlaim. (proverb) ― Learning is the key to knowledge.

2. carnal knowledge
3. occult knowledge

   fios a dhéanamh do dhuine ― to tell someone his fortune

Declension

Declension of fios

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fios Vocative a fhios Genitive feasa Dative fios

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fios Genitive an fheasa Dative leis an bhfios don fhios

Derived terms

• a fhios a bheith agat (“to know”)
• ainbhiosach (“ignorant; stupid”)
• bean feasa f (“fortune-teller”)
• cailleach feasa f (“fortune-teller”)
• déad feasa (“tooth of knowledge”)
• fear feasa m (“seer, soothsayer”)
• feasach (“knowledgeable”, adjective)
• fios collaí (“carnal knowledge”)
• fiosaigh (“know”, verb)
• fiosúil (“knowledgeable”, adjective)
• foras feasa (“basic information”)
• fuarán feasa (“fount of knowledge”)
• gan fhios (“unbeknownst”)
• go bhfios dom (“as far as I know”)
• i bhfios (“wittingly”)
• lucht feasa (“soothsayers”)
• uilefhios m (“omniscience”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fios	fhios	bhfios
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fios”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 317
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fios”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Portuguese

Noun

fios

1. plural of fio

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• fhios

Etymology

From Old Irish fis, fius, from Proto-Celtic *wissus, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydtus, which is derived from *weyd- (“know, see”).

Pronunciation

• ADH: /fĭs/
• IPA^(key): /fis̪/

Noun

fios m (genitive singular fiosa, plural fiosan)

1. knowledge

   Synonym: aithne

   Chan eil fios agam. ― I don't know. (literally, “Knowledge is not at me.”)

2. indication, information, message, notice, notification, news

Derived terms

• ainfhios (“ignorance”)
• bi fhios aig (“know”)
• fiosaiche (“soothsayer; fortune teller”)
• fiosrach (“(well-)informed; knowledgeable”)
• fiosrachadh (“information”)
• mì-fhios (“misinformation”)

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
fios	fhios
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “fios”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fis, fius”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language