fiunt

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Verb

fīunt

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

Old Dutch

Alternative forms

• fīant
• fīent

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fijand, from Proto-Germanic *fijandz.

Noun

fīunt m

1. enemy

Inflection

Declension of fīunt (masculine a-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	fīunt	fīunda
accusative	fīunt	fīunda
genitive	fīundes	fīundo
dative	fīunde	fīundon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: viant
  • Dutch: vijand
    • Afrikaans: vyand
    • Negerhollands: vyand, vieand
    • → Sranan Tongo: feyanti
      • → Aukan: feyanti
      • → Saramaccan: feántima
  • Limburgish: vieënd, vieëndj

References

• “fīunt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012