fiú
Definitions (by source)
‘worthy’; in copula phrases, nach fiú sind 30.6, is fiú sind 30.8
Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma: Seaán Ó Cearnaigh's Irish primer of religion, published in 1571. Editor: Brian Ó Cuív.
worth, worthy, 825, 1306, -07, -41, 1998, etc. éinní as fíu a fhaicsin, anything worth seeing, 3217. ní fiú leam, I disdain, think it dishonourable, 1236; sim. 1641. Foll. by gen., (not) even ; fiu an chupo uisge, p. 18 n. ; gan fíu na fáilte do chur rompa, 4398.
Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an Chrábhaidh. Editor: Thomas F. O’Rahilly.
worthy, worth, worthwhile, 699; fiú a b, a is the equivalent of b. 209-12 n., cf. 683-4, 785-6.
Poems on the O'Reillys. Editor: James Carney.
worthy, worth, 5525, 9189; créad is fiú í, ‘quid valet?’ 9975; in phr. is fiú leis, ‘he thinks it worth while,’ 748, 1179; is fiú dhó, ‘it is worth his while,’ 3361, 3368
Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Editor: Osborn Bergin.