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

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

Portuguese

Noun

fios

  1. plural of fio

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

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): /fɪs/, /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

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
fiosfhios
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], 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
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