figh

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish figid (weaves, plaits, intertwines, verb), from Proto-Celtic *wegyeti (to weave, compose), from Proto-Indo-European *wég-ye-ti (to spin, weave). Doublet of voil.

Verb

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figh (present analytic fíonn, future analytic fífidh, verbal noun , past participle fite)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) weave
  2. (transitive, of a story, etc.) put together, contrive, compose

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of figh
radical lenition eclipsis
figh fhigh bhfigh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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Lombard

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Etymology

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From Latin fīcus; akin to Italian fico

Noun

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figh

  1. fig

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish figid (weaves, plaits, intertwines, verb), from Proto-Celtic *wegyeti (to weave, compose), from Proto-Indo-European *weg- (to spin, weave).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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figh (past dh'fhigh, future fighidh, verbal noun fighe or figheadh, past participle fighte)

  1. weave
  2. knit

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of figh
radical lenition eclipsis
figh fhigh bhfigh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “figh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “figid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language