fhios
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fhios m
- Lenited form of fios.
References
[edit]- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 111
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fhios m (genitive singular fhiosa, plural fhiosan)
- Alternative form of fios
Usage notes
[edit]- Although etymologically a lenited form of fios, in today's language used as an alternative form also in situations not demanding lenition:
- Cha robh fios agam. / Cha robh fhios agam. ― I didn't know.
- Cò aig a tha fios? / Cò aig a tha fhios? ― Who knows?
This construction comes from a fhios (literally “its knowledge”), which is still so spelled in Irish.