fili

See also: filí, Fíli, and fíli-

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

fili

  1. third-person singular imperative form of filar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of filar
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive form of filar

Hausa

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fíː.líː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɸíː.líː]

Noun

fīlī m (plural fīlā̀yē, possessed form fīlin)

  1. open field, plot of land, square
  2. (by extension) opportunity, chance, opening

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.li/
  • Rhymes: -ili
  • Hyphenation: fì‧li

Noun

fili m

  1. plural of filo

Verb

fili

  1. inflection of filare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

fīlī m

  1. genitive/vocative singular of fīlius

Noun

fīlī n

  1. genitive singular of fīlum

Manchu

Romanization

fili

  1. Romanization of ᡶᡳᠯᡳ

Nias

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq, from Proto-Austronesian *piliq.

Verb

fili (imperfective mamili)

  1. (transitive) to choose

References
  • Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 69.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the suffix -fili.

Noun

fili m (definite singular filien, indefinite plural filiar, definite plural filiane)

  1. (countable) a philia

Noun

fili f

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of fil

Old Irish

Etymology

From Primitive Irish ᚃᚓᚂᚔᚈᚐᚄ (velitas), from Proto-Celtic *welīts.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfʲilʲi/

Noun

fili m (genitive filed, nominative plural filid)

  1. poet, seer
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 162a3
      In tan labratar ind ḟilid a persin inna ṅdea, do·gniat primam ⁊ secundam in illis.
      When the poets speak in the person of the gods, they make a first and second [person] in them.

Declension
Masculine t-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative fili filidL, fili filid
Vocative fili filidL, fili fileda
Accusative filidN filidL, fili fileda
Genitive filed filed filedN
Dative filidL filedaib filedaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
fili ḟili fili
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fili, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq, from Proto-Austronesian *piliq.

Verb

fili

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

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fili, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq, from Proto-Austronesian *piliq.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fi.li/

Verb

fili

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