fiant

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central, Northwestern) [fiˈan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [fiˈant]
• Rhymes: -ant

Verb

fiant

1. gerund of fiar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjɑ̃/

Participle

fiant

1. present participle of fier

Anagrams

• natif

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfiː.ant]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfiː.ant]

Verb

fīant

1. third-person plural present passive subjunctive of faciō
2. third-person plural present active subjunctive of fīō

Old High German

Alternative forms

• fīand
• fījant

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fijand, from Proto-Germanic *fijandz. Cognates include Old Dutch fīunt, Old Saxon fīand, Old English fēond, Old Norse fjándi and Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (fijands)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.ɑnt/

Noun

fīant m

1. enemy, fiend, foe

Declension

Declension of fīant (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	fīant	fīantā, fīanta
accusative	fīant	fīantā, fīanta
genitive	fīantes	fīanto
dative	fīante	fīantum
instrumental	fīantu	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: vīant, vīent, vīnt
  • Cimbrian: faint
  • German: Feind
  • Vilamovian: faeind, fajnd
  • Yiddish: פֿײַנד (faynd)

See Further

Karg-Gasterstädt, Elisabeth; Frings, Theodor; et al., editors (1952–2022), “fîant”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, via Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig