Irish
Noun
fíon m (genitive singular fíona, nominative plural fíonta)
- wine
- (proverb) Sceitheann fíon fírinne. ― Wine in, truth out.
Declension
Derived terms
Terms derived from fíon
- blastóir fíona m (“wine-taster”)
- cantaoir fíona m (“winepress”)
- ceannaí fíona m (“wine-merchant”)
- deasca fíona m, moirt fíona m (“dregs of wine”)
- domlas trí fhíon m (“mixture of gall and wine”)
- eolaí fíona m (“connoisseur in wines”)
- fíon Aifrinn m, fíon altóra m (“altar wine”)
- fíon bán m, fíon geal m (“white wine”)
- fíon boird m (“table wine”)
- fíonchaor f (“grape”)
- fíoncheannaí m (“wine merchant”)
- fíon codlaidín m (“wine of opium”)
- fíon cuiríní m (“currant wine”)
- fíonda (“pertaining to wine”, adj)
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- fíondaite (“wine-coloured”, adj)
- fíon dearg m (“red wine”)
- fíonfhuil f (“gentle, noble, blood”)
- fíon géar m (“dry wine”)
- fíonghloine f (“wine-glass”)
- fíonghort m (“vineyard”)
- fíon íce m (“medicated wine”)
- fíon Maidéarach m (“Madeira wine”)
- fíon meadhránach m (“exhilarating wine”)
- fíonmhar (“rich in wine; vinous”, adj)
- fíonmhéadar m (“oenometer”)
- fíon milis m (“sweet wine”)
- fíon mormónta m (“vermouth”)
- fíon oráistí m (“orange wine”)
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- fíon quinín m (“quinine wine”)
- fíon saic m (“sack”)
- fíon saor m (“choice wine”)
- fíonsaothrú m (“viticulture”)
- fíon sméar m (“berry wine”)
- fíon súilíneach m (“sparkling wine”)
- fíontach (“rich in wine; wine-drinking”, adj)
- fíon tathagach m (“full-bodied wine”)
- fíonúil (“like wine; rich in wine”, adj)
- gloine fíona f (“wine-glass; glass of wine”)
- píopa fíona m (“pipe of wine”)
- siléar fíona m (“wine cellar”)
- tunna fíona m (“tun of wine”)
- umar fíona m (“wine-vat”)
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Related terms
- sárbhliain (fíona) (“vintage year (for wine)”)
Mutation
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Lenition |
Eclipsis |
| fíon
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fhíon
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bhfíon
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- "fíon" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “fín” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.