Irish edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

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 edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

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 edit

Lombard edit

Etymology edit

From Latin fīcus; akin to Italian fico

Noun edit

figh

  1. fig

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

  1. weave
  2. knit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

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 edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “figh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 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