fithis

Irish

Alternative forms

• fís

Etymology

From Middle Irish fithise, from Old Irish fithis.

Noun

fithis f (genitive singular fithise, nominative plural fithisí or fithiseacha)

1. path, passage
2. course, orbit
3. (anatomy) meatus

Declension

Declension of fithis (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fithis fithisí vocative a fhithis a fhithisí genitive fithise fithisí dative fithis fithisí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhithis na fithisí genitive na fithise na bhfithisí dative leis an bhfithis don fhithis leis na fithisí

• Alternative plural: fithiseacha

Derived terms

• fithis na cluaise (“auditory meatus”)
• fithiseach (“orbital”, adjective)
• fithiseán m (“orbital”)
• fithisigh (“orbit”, intransitive verb)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of fithis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fithis	fhithis	bhfithis

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fithis”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fithis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

• “fithis”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024