Abbreviation ofWest FrisianFrysk.
fy
- (international standards)ISO 639-1language code forWest Frisian.
fy
- Archaic form offie.
1828, James Hogg,Mary Burnet:"Ofy, Andrew, how can ye say sae? How can ye doubt that it was in the Almighty's name?"
FromOld Norsefaðir(“father”) , fromProto-Germanic*fadēr, fromProto-Indo-European*ph₂tḗr. Compare Orcadianfa.
fy (definite singularfeyrinorfyrin)
- (Shetland)father
- c. 17th century,Hildina (source)
Fy di yera da ov man dum- father thou overdost thy manhood
Nu Hildina on askarfeyrin sien- Now Hildina she asks herfather
hien mindi yagh inga forlskona bera fare kerafyrin min- and sure I will not present any poisoned drink, to serve for myfather
fy
- phew,shame; interjection expressing disapproval or disgust
fy
- phew,shame; interjection expressing disapproval or disgust
fy
- shame,phew,fie; interjection expressing disapproval, disgust, or outrage
Fy!- No! / Don't do that! / That thing you did was bad! [often towards a child or pet or the like]
Fy på dig!- Very bad! /Fie on you! ["You have acted in a bad way!", often towards a child or pet or the like – less dated-sounding in Swedish]
Fy så här stinker- Phew, it stinks in here
Nämenfy så hemskt!- Oh no, that's terrible!
Fy fan vilken hemsk situation- Damn, what a horrible situation
(These takeför instead ofpå when directed against an individual. Forms withoutfan are euphemistic.)
- 'y(colloquial)
- 'm(chiefly literary, used after some prepositions, does not trigger mutation)
FromProto-Celtic*mene.
fy (triggersnasal mutation of a following consonant)
- my
Dynafynhad afynhad-cu.- That'smy father andmy grandfather.
fy (triggersnasal mutation of a following consonant)
- me(as the direct object of a verbal noun)
Byddant ynfynghyflogi dros dro.- They will employme temporarily.
- After the noun or verbnoun whichfy precedes,i is often added. In formal language, this is done to emphasise the determiner or pronoun. In colloquial language, it is not necessarily an indicator of emphasis, and is often included with the determiner and always included with the pronoun. The exception to the latter case is in passive constructions employingcael, wherei is never used.
- In formal Welsh, contractions offy includef' before vowel-initial words in poetic language and'm after mostly functional vowel-final words.
- In colloquial Welsh, another form of the word is used, namelyyn/ən/. This begins with a vowel and usually triggers a nasal mutation hence has the tendency to be reduced variously in colloquial spelling and pronunciation as'n/n/,y or'y/ə/ or zero (the following mutation alone indicating its presence). Thisyn and its various forms usually trigger nasal mutation but may trigger soft mutation in some instances.
- Pronomialfy can occur before any verbal noun. Before a verb, pronomial'm is found only in literary language after certain vowel-final preverbal particles. See entry for'm for more information.
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “fy”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
