fiam

Galician

Verb

fiam

1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of fiar

Hungarian

Etymology

From the fi variant of fiú (“boy, son”) +‎ -am (possessive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfijɒm]
• Hyphenation: fi‧am

Noun

fiam

1. first-person singular single-possession possessive of fiú

   Ez a fiam. ― This is my son.

Usage notes

Until around first half of the 20th century, it was applicable (and occasionally it still is^[1]) not only to one’s son but also to one’s daughter, wife, pupil, servant, maid, or waiter.^[2]

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	fiam	—
accusative	fiamat	—
dative	fiamnak	—
instrumental	fiammal	—
causal-final	fiamért	—
translative	fiammá	—
terminative	fiamig	—
essive-formal	fiamként	—
essive-modal	fiamul	—
inessive	fiamban	—
superessive	fiamon	—
adessive	fiamnál	—
illative	fiamba	—
sublative	fiamra	—
allative	fiamhoz	—
elative	fiamból	—
delative	fiamról	—
ablative	fiamtól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	fiamé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	fiaméi	—

References

1. Miért volt szokás régen a lánygyereket fiamnak szólítani? (“Why was it customary in the old days to call a girl child ‘my son’?”) Gyakorikérdések.hu (“Common Questions”)
2. Dr. Szerényi, Mária. Értik vagy félreértik “They understand or misunderstand it”. In: Módszertani közlemények “Methodology Publications”, (48) 1. pp. 16–18. (2008)

Latin

Verb

fīam

1. inflection of faciō:
   1. first-person singular future passive indicative
   2. first-person singular present passive subjunctive
2. inflection of fīō:
   1. first-person singular future active indicative
   2. first-person singular present active subjunctive

Portuguese

Verb

fiam

1. third-person plural present indicative of fiar

Volapük

Noun

fiam (nominative plural fiams)

1. firm (company)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	fiam	fiams
genitive	fiama	fiamas
dative	fiame	fiames
accusative	fiami	fiamis
vocative 1	o fiam!	o fiams!
predicative 2	fiamu	fiamus

declension of fiam

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

West Makian

Etymology

From fi- +‎ am (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɸi.ˈam/

Verb

fiam

1. (intransitive, informal) to eat

   Synonym: fajou (polite)

Conjugation

Conjugation of fiam (action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tefiam	mefiam	afiam
2nd person		nefiam	fefiam
3rd person	inanimate	ifiam	defiam
	animate
imperative		nifiam, fiam	fifiam, fiam

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (on page 12 as fiám)