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

IPA^(key): /fʲɪsˠ/

Noun

fios m (genitive singular feasa)

knowledge, information

Eochair feasa foghlaim. ― Learning is the key to knowledge.
—Proverb
1. carnal knowledge
2. occult knowledge

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Terms derived from fios

a fhios a bheith agat (“to know”)
ag Dia atá a fhios (“God only knows”)
ainbhiosach (“ignorant; stupid”)
ar feadh a bhfuil dá fhios againn (“for all we know”)
bean feasa f, cailleach feasa f (“wise woman, fortune-teller”)
cá bhfios duit? (“how do you know?”)
déad feasa, tooth of knowledge
fear feasa m (“seer, soothsayer”)

feasach (“knowing, knowledgeable, well-informed”, adjective)
fios a dhéanamh do dhuine (“to tell someone his fortune”)
fiosaigh (“know”, verb)
fios ciontach (“guilty knowledge”)
fios collaí (“carnal knowledge”)
fiosúil (“knowing, knowledgeable; well-mannered, well-spoken”, adjective)
foras feasa, foundation of knowledge; basic information
fuarán feasa, fount of knowledge

gan fhios (“unknown; secretly;unwittingly”)
go bhfios dom (“as far as I know”)
i bhfios (“wittingly”)
i bhfios do chách (“to everyone’s knowledge”)
i bhfios duit (“just to show you”)
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.

References

“fis, fius” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“fios” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"fios" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Portuguese

Noun

fios

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): /fɪs/, /fis̪/

Noun

fios m (genitive singular fiosa, plural fiosan)

knowledge
- Chan eil fhios agam. (idiomatic expression meaning: I don't know.; lit. Knowledge is not at me.)
indication, information, message, notice, notification, news

Synonyms

(knowledge): aithne

Derived terms

Terms derived from fios

ainfhios (“ignorance”)
bi fhios aig (“know”)

fiosaiche (“soothsayer; fortune teller”)
fiosrach (“(well-)informed; knowledgeable”)

fiosrachadh (“information”)
mì-fhios (“misinformation”)

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
“fis, fius” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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