Esperanto

Adjective

fia ‎(accusative singular fian, plural fiaj, accusative plural fiajn)

1. shameful, ignoble

   La ekzekutisto, spite lia fia metio, estis bonkora viro.‎

   The executioner, despite his shameful trade, was a kind man.

2. naughty

   Nudpugan pugfrapadon la fiaj knabinetoj ricevis.‎

   A bare bottom spanking [is what] the naughty little girls got.

Ewe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪæ/

Noun

fia ‎(plural fiawo)

1. king

Verb

fia

1. to burn
2. to demonstrate
3. to show
4. to teach

French

Verb

fia

1. third-person singular past historic of fier

Hungarian

Etymology

fiú +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfiʲɒ]
• Hyphenation: fia

Noun

fia

1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of fiú

   Három fia volt. - S/he had three sons.

Declension

Irish

Alternative forms

• fiadh (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fʲiə]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fíad ‎(“wild animals, game, especially deer”), from fid m ‎(“wood”).

Noun

fia m ‎(genitive singular fia, nominative plural fianna)

1. deer

Declension

Derived terms

Adjective

fia

1. wild

Derived terms

• diasa fia m ‎(“corn-cockle”)
• fia- ‎(“wild; large, outsize”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish fíad ‎(“uncultivated land, a waste spot; a territory, land”).

Noun

fia m ‎(genitive singular fia)

1. waste, wilderness
2. land, territory

Declension

Mutation

References

• "fia" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “2 fíad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “3 fíad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Portuguese

Verb

fia

1. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of fiar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of fiar

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) fieu
• (Sursilvan) fiug
• (Sutsilvan) fiac
• (Surmiran) fi
• (Puter, Vallader) fö

Etymology

From Latin focus ‎(“hearth, fireplace”).

Noun

fia m

1. (Sutsilvan) fire

Samoan

Verb

fia

1. want to do something

Spanish

Verb

fia

1. (Latin America) Informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of fiar.