figa

See also: Figa, figá, figà, and figą

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus. Compare Occitan figa or higa.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈfi.ɡə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈfi.ɡa/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iɡa

Noun

figa f (plural figues)

  1. fig
  2. (vulgar slang) cunt; pussy (the vulva)

Derived terms

Further reading


Fanagalo

Etymology

From Zulu -fika, from Proto-Bantu *-pìka.

Verb

figa

  1. to arrive, to reach

Galician

Figa

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese figa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *fīca (vulva), from Latin fīcus (fig tree or fruit).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfiɣɐ]

Noun

figa f (plural figas)

  1. (folklore) fig sign, used to ward off evil spirits, the evil eye, etc. When directed to a person is insulting and equivalent to a bras d'honneur

References

  • figa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • figa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • figa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • figa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Hyphenation: fì‧ga

Noun

figa f (plural fighe)

  1. (vulgar, chiefly northern Italy) Alternative form of fica (cunt, pussy)

Derived terms

Adjective

figa f

  1. feminine singular of figo

Nias

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay pinggan, ultimately from Persian پنگان (pingān, cup; bowl).

Noun

figa (mutated form viga)

  1. plate

References

  • Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 69.

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

figa f (plural figas)

  1. fig

Old High German

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French figue, from Latin fīcus. Compare Modern French figue.

Noun

fīga f

  1. fig

Descendants

  • Middle High German: vīge
    • Cimbrian: faiga
    • German: Feige
    • Yiddish: פֿײַג (fayg)
    • Polish: figa
      • Russian: фи́га (fíga)
        • Kildin Sami: фӣга (fīga)

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus.

Noun

figa f (oblique plural figas, nominative singular figa, nominative plural figas)

  1. fig (fruit)

Descendants

  • Occitan: figa
  • Old French: figue (see there for further descendants)

References


Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German vîge, from Old High German fîga, from Old French figue, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus. Doublet of fikus and pigwa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfi.ɡa/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Syllabification: fi‧ga

Noun

figa f

  1. fig (fruit)
  2. (colloquial) ficus, fig (any tree of the genus Ficus)
    Synonyms: figowiec, fikus
  3. (colloquial) common fig, fig (shrub)
  4. (colloquial) nil, nothing, zilch
  5. fig sign

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • figowy
noun

Descendants

  • Russian: фи́га (fíga)
    • Kildin Sami: фӣга (fīga)

Further reading

  • figa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • figa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfiɡa/

Noun

figa f (genitive singular figy, nominative plural figy, genitive plural fíg, declension pattern of žena)

  1. fig (fruit)

Declension

Further reading

  • figa in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fìːɡa/

Noun

fíga f

  1. fig (fruit)

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. fíga
gen. sing. fíge
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
fíga fígi fíge
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
fíge fíg fíg
dative
(dajȃlnik)
fígi fígama fígam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
fígo fígi fíge
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
fígi fígah fígah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
fígo fígama fígami

Further reading

  • figa”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English fig or Dutch vijg.

Noun

figa

  1. fig (fruit of the fig tree)

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

figa (ma class, plural mafiga)

  1. cooking stone
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