fili

See also: filí, Fíli, and fíli-

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfi.li]

Verb

fili

1. inflection of filar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Hausa

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.liː/, [ˈfiːlʲiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.li/, [ˈfiːli]

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

Etymology 2

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): [ˈɸʲilʲi]

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. 162^a3

     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

• filedacht
  • Middle Irish: filidecht
    • Irish: filíocht
    • Manx: feeleeaght
    • Scottish Gaelic: filidheachd

Descendants

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

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fili”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fili (compare with Tongan fili and Maori whiri), from Proto-Oceanic (compare with Fijian vili (“to pick, to gather”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *piliq (compare with Malay pilih, Tagalog pili and pumili), from Proto-Austronesian *piliq.

Verb

fili

1. to choose, to pick
2. to elect

Derived terms

• filifili

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, to pick
2. to elect