figh

Irish

Etymology

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

Verb

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

Derived terms

  • fián m (grain (in meat))
  • fíochán m ((act of) weaving; weave, web; plaiting; tissue; tracery)
  • fíodóir m (weaver; spider)
  • idirfhigh (interweave, transitive verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
figh fhigh bhfigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian fico, from Latin ficus.

Noun

figh

  1. fig

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi/

Verb

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

  1. weave
  2. knit

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
figh fhigh bhfigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), figh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), figid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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