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lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="fy" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/fy" title="fy – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="fy" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/fy" title="fy – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="fy" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/fy" title="fy – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="fy" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/fy" title="fy – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="fy" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wiktionary.org/wiki/fy" title="fy – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="fy" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/fy" title="fy – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="fy" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/fy" title="fy – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="fy" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/fy" title="fy – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="fy" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/fy" title="fy – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="fy" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/fy" title="fy – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="fy" 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href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/fy" title="fy – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="fy" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/fy" title="fy – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="fy" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/fy" title="fy – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="fy" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/fy" title="fy – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="fy" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" 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title="Appendix:Variations of "fy"">Appendix:Variations of "fy"</a></b></div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Translingual">Translingual</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Translingual"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Symbol">Symbol</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Symbol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="mul">fy</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_standard" class="extiw" title="w:International standard">international standards</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-1" class="extiw" title="w:ISO 639-1">ISO 639-1</a> <a href="/wiki/language_code" title="language code">language code</a> for </i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639:fy" class="extiw" title="w:ISO 639:fy"><b>West Frisian</b></a><i>.</i></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="See_also">See also</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:West_Frisian_language" title="Category:West Frisian language">Wiktionary’s coverage of West Frisian terms</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interjection">Interjection</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Interjection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">fy</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#archaic" title="Appendix:Glossary">Archaic</a> form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fie#English" title="fie">fie</a></i></span></span>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1828</b></span>, James Hogg, <cite>Mary Burnet</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">"O <b>fy</b>, Andrew, how can ye say sae? How can ye doubt that it was in the Almighty's name?"</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/YF#English" title="YF">YF</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/yf#English" title="yf">yf</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Norn">Norn</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Norn"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="nrn"><a href="/wiki/fa#Norn" title="fa">fa</a></span> <span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orkney" class="extiw" title="w:Orkney">Orkney</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse" class="extiw" title="w:Old Norse">Old Norse</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="non"><a href="/wiki/fa%C3%B0ir#Old_Norse" title="faðir">faðir</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">father</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> , from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fad%C4%93r" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fadēr">*fadēr</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Indo-European language">Proto-Indo-European</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ph%E2%82%82t%E1%B8%97r" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ph₂tḗr">*ph₂tḗr</a></i>. Compare Orcadian <i class="Latn mention" lang="nrn"><a href="/wiki/fa#Norn" title="fa">fa</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nrn">fy</strong> (<i>definite singular</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nrn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=feyrin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="feyrin (page does not exist)">feyrin</a></b> <i>or</i> <b class="Latn" lang="nrn"><a href="/w/index.php?title=fyrin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="fyrin (page does not exist)">fyrin</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shetland" class="extiw" title="w:Shetland">Shetland</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/father#English" title="father">father</a></span> <ul><li><b>c. 17th century</b>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Hildina" class="extiw" title="w:en:Hildina">Hildina</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nornlanguage.x10.mx/shet_txt_hild.htm">source</a>) <dl><dd><i><b>Fy</b> di yera da ov man dum</i> <dl><dd><b>father</b> thou overdost thy manhood</dd></dl></dd> <dd><i>Nu Hildina on askar <b>feyrin</b> sien</i> <dl><dd>Now Hildina she asks her <b>father</b></dd></dl></dd> <dd><i>hien mindi yagh inga forlskona bera fare kera <b>fyrin</b> min</i> <dl><dd>and sure I will not present any poisoned drink, to serve for my <b>father</b></dd></dl></dd></dl></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Norwegian_Bokmål"><span id="Norwegian_Bokm.C3.A5l"></span>Norwegian Bokmål</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Norwegian Bokmål"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interjection_2">Interjection</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Interjection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nb">fy</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/phew" title="phew">phew</a>, <a href="/wiki/shame" title="shame">shame</a>; interjection expressing disapproval or disgust</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Norwegian_Nynorsk">Norwegian Nynorsk</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Norwegian Nynorsk"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interjection_3">Interjection</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Interjection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nn">fy</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/phew" title="phew">phew</a>, <a href="/wiki/shame" title="shame">shame</a>; interjection expressing disapproval or disgust</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Swedish">Swedish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Swedish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Swedish_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Swedish pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/fyː/</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:Swedish/y%CB%90" title="Rhymes:Swedish/yː"><span class="IPA">-yː</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interjection_4">Interjection</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Interjection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="sv">fy</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/shame" title="shame">shame</a>, <a href="/wiki/phew" title="phew">phew</a>, <a href="/wiki/fie" title="fie">fie</a>; interjection expressing disapproval, disgust, or outrage <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="sv">Fy!</i><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">Don't do that! / That thing you did was bad! (often towards a child or pet or the like)</span></dd></dl></div></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="sv"><b>Fy</b> på dig!</i><dl><dd><span class="e-translation"><b>Fie</b> on you! ("You have acted in a bad way!", often towards a child or pet or the like – less dated-sounding in Swedish)</span></dd></dl></div></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="sv"><b>Fy</b> så här stinker</i><dl><dd><span class="e-translation"><b>Phew</b>, it stinks in here</span></dd></dl></div></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="sv">Nämen <b>fy</b> så hemskt!</i><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">Oh no, that's terrible!</span></dd></dl></div></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="sv"><b>Fy fan</b> vilken hemsk situation</i><dl><dd><span class="e-translation"><b>Damn</b>, what a horrible situation</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>(These take <i>för</i> instead of <i>på</i> when directed against an individual. Forms without <i>fan</i> are euphemistic.) </p> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/fy_fan#Swedish" title="fy fan">fy fan</a></span> (stronger)</li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/fy_bubblan#Swedish" title="fy bubblan">fy bubblan</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/fy_hundan#Swedish" title="fy hundan">fy hundan</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/fy_farao#Swedish" title="fy farao">fy farao</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/den_lede#Swedish" title="den lede">fy för den lede</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/fy_skam#Swedish" title="fy skam">fy skam</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/fy_sk%C3%A4ms#Swedish" title="fy skäms">fy skäms</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/inte_fy_skam#Swedish" title="inte fy skam">inte fy skam</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="See_also_2">See also</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/puh#Swedish" title="puh">puh</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://svenska.se/so/?sok=fy">fy</a> in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://svenska.se/so/"><i>Svensk ordbok</i> (<i>SO</i>)</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://svenska.se/saol/?sok=fy">fy</a> in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://svenska.se/saol/"><i>Svenska Akademiens ordlista</i> (<i>SAOL</i>)</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://svenska.se/saob/?sok=fy">fy</a> in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://svenska.se/saob/"><i>Svenska Akademiens ordbok</i> (<i>SAOB</i>)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Welsh">Welsh</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Welsh"><span>edit</span></a><span 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qualifier-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Celtic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Celtic language">Proto-Celtic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="cel-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mene" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/mene">*mene</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent">standard</span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Welsh_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Welsh pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/və/</span> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial" title="Appendix:Glossary">colloquial</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Welsh_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Welsh pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ən/</span>, <span class="IPA">/n/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ə/</span>, <span class="IPA">/-/</span></li></ul></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymes:Welsh/%C9%99&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhymes:Welsh/ə (page does not exist)"><span class="IPA">-ə</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Determiner">Determiner</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Determiner"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="cy">fy</strong> (<i>triggers <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Welsh_mutations#Nasal_mutation" title="Appendix:Welsh mutations">nasal mutation</a> of a following consonant</i>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/my" title="my">my</a> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="cy">Dyna <b>fy</b> <u>nh</u>ad a <b>fy</b> <u>nh</u>ad-cu.</i><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">That's <b>my</b> father and <b>my</b> grandfather.</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronoun">Pronoun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Pronoun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="cy">fy</strong> (<i>triggers <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Welsh_mutations#Nasal_mutation" title="Appendix:Welsh mutations">nasal mutation</a> of a following consonant</i>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/me" title="me">me</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">as the direct object of a verbal noun</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="cy">Byddant yn <b>fy</b> <u>ngh</u>yflogi dros dro.</i><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">They will employ <b>me</b> temporarily.</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>After the noun or verbnoun which <i class="Latn mention" lang="cy"><strong class="selflink">fy</strong></i> precedes, <i class="Latn mention" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/i#Welsh" title="i">i</a></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 employing <i class="Latn mention" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/cael#Welsh" title="cael">cael</a></i>, where <i class="Latn mention" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/i#Welsh" title="i">i</a></i> is never used.</li> <li>In formal Welsh, contractions of <i class="Latn mention" lang="cy"><strong class="selflink">fy</strong></i> include <i class="Latn mention" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/f%27#Welsh" title="f'">f'</a></i> before vowel-initial words in poetic language and <i class="Latn mention" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/%27m#Welsh" title="'m">'m</a></i> after mostly functional vowel-final words.</li> <li>In colloquial Welsh, another form of the word is used, namely <i class="Latn mention" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/yn#Welsh" title="yn">yn</a></i> <span class="IPA">/ən/</span>. 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 <i class="Latn mention" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/%27n#Welsh" title="'n">'n</a></i> <span class="IPA">/n/</span>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/y#Welsh" title="y">y</a></i> or <i class="Latn mention" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/%27y#Welsh" title="'y">'y</a></i> <span class="IPA">/ə/</span> or zero (the following mutation alone indicating its presence). This <i class="Latn mention" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/yn#Welsh" title="yn">yn</a></i> and its various forms usually trigger nasal mutation but may trigger soft mutation in some instances.</li> <li>Pronomial <i class="Latn mention" lang="cy"><strong class="selflink">fy</strong></i> can occur before any verbal noun. Before a verb, pronomial <i class="Latn mention" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/%27m#Welsh" title="'m">'m</a></i> is found only in literary language after certain vowel-final preverbal particles. See entry for <i class="Latn mention" lang="cy"><a href="/wiki/%27m#Welsh" title="'m">'m</a></i> for more information.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=fy&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. 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