fíon

See also: fion

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fín, from Latin vīnum,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fʲiːn̪ˠ/, /fʲiːnˠ/[2]

Noun

fíon m (genitive singular fíona, nominative plural fíonta)

  1. wine

Declension
Declension of fíon

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fíon fíonta
Vocative a fhíon a fhíonta
Genitive fíona fíonta
Dative fíon fíonta

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fíon na fíonta
Genitive an fhíona na bhfíonta
Dative leis an bhfíon

don fhíon

 leis na fíonta

Derived terms
  • blastóir fíona
  • cantaoir fíona (“winepress”)
  • ceannaí fíona (“wine-merchant”)
  • deasca fíona
  • domlas trí fhíon (“mixture of gall and wine”)
  • eolaí fíona (“connoisseur in wines”)
  • fínéagar fíona (“wine vinegar”)
  • fíon Aifrinn
  • fíon altóra (“altar wine”)
  • fíon bán
  • fíon boird (“table wine”)
  • fíon codlaidín (“wine of opium”)
  • fíon cuiríní (“currant wine”)
  • fíon dearg
  • fíon geal
  • fíon géar (“dry wine”)
  • fíon íce (“medicated wine”)
  • fíon Maidéarach (“Madeira wine”)
  • fíon meadhránach (“exhilarating wine”)
  • fíon milis (“sweet wine”)
  • fíon mormónta
  • fíon oráistí (“orange wine”)
  • fíon quinín (“quinine wine”)
  • fíon saic (“sack”)
  • fíon saor (“choice wine”)
  • fíon sméar (“berry wine”)
  • fíon súilíneach (“sparkling wine”)
  • fíon tathagach (“full-bodied wine”)
  • fíonchaor
  • fíoncheannaí (“wine merchant”)
  • fíonda
  • fíondaite (“wine-coloured”)
  • fíonfhuil (“gentle, noble, blood”)
  • fíonghloine (“wine-glass”)
  • fíonghort
  • fíonmhar (“rich in wine; vinous”)
  • fíonmhéadar (“oenometer”)
  • fíonsaothrú
  • fíontach (“rich in wine; wine-drinking”)
  • fíonúil (“like wine; rich in wine”)
  • gloine fíona (“wine-glass; glass of wine”)
  • moirt fíona (“dregs of wine”)
  • píopa fíona (“pipe of wine”)
  • sceitheann fíon fírinne (“in wine, there is truth”)
  • siléar fíona (“wine cellar”)
  • tunna fíona (“tun of wine”)
  • umar fíona (“wine-vat”)

See also
  • sárbhliain (fíona) (“vintage year (for wine)”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fíon fhíon bhfíon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 112

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fíon”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fíon”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 315
  • Entries containing “fíon” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “fíon” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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