figuera
See also: Figuera
Catalan edit
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin fīcāria, from fīcārius. Analyzable as figa (“fig”) + -era.
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Noun edit
figuera f (plural figueres)
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Further reading edit
- “figuera” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin fīcāria, feminine of fīcārius (“of figs”), from fīcus (“fig”).
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figuera f (plural figueras)
- fig tree
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 72v:
- judgara ẽtre pueblos muchos. e afazara ẏenteſ fuerteſ aluen. etraſtornaran ſuſ eſpadas por açadas. ⁊ ſuslanças por foçeſ. non alçara ẏent contra ẏent eſpada. enõ aura mas batalla. Sera caſcuno ſo ſu uid. eſoſu figuera.
- He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate [between] strong people from afar. And they will reshape their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not raise sword against nation, and there will be no more battle. Each one shall be under his vine, and under his fig tree.