, g. id., pl. -dridhe, m., a jester, a merry person, a trifler.

, -a, f., smiling, constant laughing, jeering, trifling.

, -e, -idhe, f., a fife (A.).

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., one who plays on the fife.

, -a, f., the art of playing on the fife.

, -nidh, m., green broom (Don.).

, g. id., pl. -gidhe, f., a fig; crann fíge, a fig tree.

, g. id., m., vinegar.

, -ála, f., a fine (A.).

, indec. a., fine, finely drawn out, delicate; subtle; well-dressed, elegant (A.).

, -a, f., condition of being finely drawn out, delicacy; finery; fondness for dress; elegance (A.).

, -ais, m., delicateness. See fíneáltacht.

, -mhna, f., a vineyard, a vine; a twig, an osier.

, -aighe, a., abounding in vines.

See <<fiadhnéidh>>.

, g. -a and fích, m., fury, anger, wrath, ire; land, dominion; a choir.

, -aire, a., furious, wrathful, fierce, cruel.

, -aidh, -aidhe, m., a dog-fish, pen-fish (somet. fíogach).

, -ghrach, -ghracha, f., a figure, a mark, sign, diagram; figurative reference; shape, appearance; fashion; f. na Croise, the sign of the Cross.

, indec. a., figurative; outlined.

-uighthe, m., act of shaping, fashioning, figuring, marking, signing.

(fíogharaim, fíoghraim) -ughadh, v. tr., I figure, fashion, outline.

, -a, -ta, m., wine.

, fíonáltacht. See <<fíneálta>>, <<fíneáltacht>>.

, indec. a., vinous, belonging to wine.

, -ghuirt, pl. id., m., a vineyard.

, -mhaire, a., vinous, abounding in wine.

, m., a grape.

, -úra, -úiridhe, f., the vine tree.

, -íre, a., true, real, honest, faithful, loyal, sterling, genuine; even, exact; somet. as subst., f.: cócaireacht le fír is le bréig, cooking with truth and with what is false, a folktale inspired by a proverb.

-, intensive prefix, very, truly, quite (with a.); real, perfect, complete (with subst.).

, -rtha, m., act of verifying, proving; asserting, testifying.

, -aidh, -aidhe, m., the backbone; a verge or ridge; the back of a hill. See fiaradh.

, -adh, v. tr., I make true, verify, fulfil.

, g. id., f., true repentance, perfect contrition.

, -aine, a., steadfast, lasting, livelong.

, f., instruction, a discourse, act of chanting: ag fíor-chantain cheoil, chanting music (of birds) (E. R.).

, a., truly affable, truly gentle; somet. used as subs., as in fíor-chaoin fáilte, a hearty welcome.

, g. -charad, pl. -cháirde, m. and f., a true friend.

, vl. -choimhéad, v. tr., I keep carefully, guard well.

, -thighe, a., truly faithful; sincerely virtuous.

, indec. a., sincere, true, genuine, righteous.

, -a, f., truth, veracity, sincerity, righteousness.

, -air, m., great suffering, great loss or injury.

, g. id., f., the vast deep (poet.).

, -a f., genuine fury.

, a., very near; go fíorghar, immediately; as subs., proximity; i bhfíor-ghar dam, very near me.

, f., quintessence; sincerity; chastity.

, -aine, a., pure, stainless, chaste, sincere.

, m., true love.

, f., thorough detestation; intense dislike (Donl.).

, indec. a., exceedingly

, m., a true hero.

, a., truly good or generous.

, -óire, a., truly great.

, m., the summit (of a hill), the very top.

(-naomhtha), a., truly pure, very holy.

, g. id., f., act of truly foretelling.

, -a, f., true prophecy.

, -air, m., a spring well.

, -aigh, m., the very beginning.

, -aidh, m., true fasting.

, -aighe, a., truly or exceedingly pitiful, sad, wretched.

, -aighe, f., exceeding woe or pity, great misery.

, -thúis, m., the real beginning. See tús.

, -aighe, a., utterly proud, very vain.

, m., the summit, the very top, the uppermost point; genuine cream.

, -nis, m., a wilderness, perfect solitude, desert place; sheer loneliness.

, -uaisle, a., truly noble.

-uighthe, m., act of ratifying, verifying; verification.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I verify, certify (fíoraim, id.).

, m., pure or fresh water; spring water, fios, g. feasa, pl. feasta, knowledge, information, intelligence, art, science, word; occult knowledge, prophetic knowledge; dul d'fhios, to go to seek, to go to; d'á fhios, to get intelligence of him; gan fhios do, a gan fhios do, without (his) knowing it, unknown to; fios do bheith ag (duine) ar (rud), to know, have heard, have information of; fos d'fhagháil, to get knowledge of, to know; fios do chur ar, to send for, send a message for, send word to, to invite; go bhfios damh-sa, in my opinion, I am sure; cá bhfios duit? how do you know? tá fios aige, he has occult or prophetic knowledge; bean fheasa, a fortune-teller; tá fios a ghnótha aige, he knows his business; tá a fhios agam (tá's agam), I know (this phrase is somet. used transitively, as tá's agam é, I know it); fios with prep. gan forms a noun combination; i gan-fhios duit, unknown to you; i bhfios agus i gan-fhios, openly and secretly (the pl. feasta is used esp. of Fionn Mac Cumhaill's special art of divination, etc.); níl fhios agam an bhfuil, 7c., I wonder whether, etc. (Don.), corresponding to ní fheadar an bhfuil (M.).

, -íse, f., a vision. See <<fís>>.

, -áin, m., common wheat grass (triticum repens).

, -e, f., truth (O'N.). See fíor and fíre.

(fíor-), intensitive prefix, very, truly, quite (with a.); real, perfect, complete (with subst.).

, -áin, m., a very small quantity, very little, a small number (with gen. or de).

, f., true life.

, m., justice, righteousness.

, a., truly affirmed, quite certain, very exact.

, -dheise, a., very handsome, pretty.

, -Dhé, m., the true God. See dia.

, -lse, a., sincere, genuine, true, loyal. See dílis.

, -e, -eanna, f., the wild rose tree (O'N.).

, g. id., f., truth, sincerity; íomháigh fíre, a true image.

, -a, f., truth, verity; sincerity.

, m., an eagle.

, -éin, pl. id., m., a righteous person, a just man; na fíréin, the elect.

, -aigh -aighe, m., a righteous man.

, -aighe, a., just, righteous.

, a., true, righteous, just, loyal.

, -a, f., holiness, righteousness, loyalty.

, -aighe, a., truly learned, very intelligent.

, -ais, m., true knowledge, knowledge.

, f., act of keenly watching (also fír-fhéachain).

, f., a true convention, fír-ghéar, -éire, a., really sharp.

, a., truly wise, very wise, very cunning.

, g. id., f., truth.

, -nighe, a., true, holy, righteous, faithful.

, -a, f., truth, righteousness, faith.

, -air, m., the real bottom, the lowest depth.

, -aighe, a., deepest, lowest, nethermost.

, -leimhe, a., very foolish, very insipid.

, -nta, m., multiplication.

, -adh, v. tr., I multiply.

, -aighe, a., truly or absolutely necessary.

, -e, f., a dream, a vision.

, -e, f., a dream, an art, divination (nom. also fíos, fís and físe).

, -a, f., acting the informer.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a man of knowledge.

, -a, f., a poetical inspiration; the act of dreaming, seeing visions.