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figa

See also: Figa, figá, figà, and figą

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

figa f (plural figues)

  1. fig
    (idiomatic) Ser figues d'un altre paner ― to be something very different from what was expected (an idiom, literally to be figs from another basket)
    (idiomatic) Fer figa ― to fail to achieve an expected result (an idiom, literally to make fig)
  2. (vulgar slang) cunt; pussy (the vulva)

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Fanagalo edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

figa

  1. to arrive, to reach

Galician edit

 
Figa

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

  • “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.

Gallurese edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

figa f (plural fighi)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of fica (“fig”)

References edit

  1. ^ Mauro Maxia (2012) Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse (in Gallurese), Editrice Taphros, →ISBN

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

figa f (plural fighe)

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

Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

figa f

  1. feminine singular of figo

Nias edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Malay pinggan, ultimately from Persian پنگان (pengân, “cup; bowl”).

Noun edit

figa (mutated form viga)

  1. plate

References edit

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

Occitan edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

figa f (plural figas)

  1. fig

Related terms edit

Old High German edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *fīgā.

Noun edit

fīga f

  1. fig

Descendants edit

  • Middle High German: vīge
    • Cimbrian: faiga
    • German: Feige
    • Yiddish: פֿײַג (fayg)
    • → Polish: figa (see there for further descendants)

Old Occitan edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus.

Noun edit

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

  1. fig (fruit)

Descendants edit

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

References edit

Polish edit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle High German vîge. Doublet of fikus and pigwa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

figa f (related adjective figowy)

  2. fig (fruit)
  4. (colloquial) ficus, fig (any tree of the genus Ficus)
    Synonyms: figowiec, fikus
  5. (colloquial) common fig, fig (shrub)
  6. (colloquial) nil, nothing, zilch
  8. fig sign (mildly obscene gesture that uses a thumb wedged in between two fingers)

Declension edit

Declension of figa
singular plural
nominative figa figi
genitive figi fig
dative fidze figom
accusative figę figi
instrumental figą figami
locative fidze figach
vocative figo figi

Derived terms edit

nouns

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

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

Sassarese edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

figa f (plural fighi)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of figga (“fig”)

References edit

  1. ^ Mauro Maxia (2012) Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse (in Sassarese), Editrice Taphros, →ISBN

Slovak edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

  1. fig (fruit)

Declension edit

Declension of figa
singular plural
nominative figa figy
genitive figy fíg
dative fige figám
accusative figu figy
locative fige figách
instrumental figou figami

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • “figa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene edit

 
Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fíga f

  1. fig (fruit)

Inflection edit

 
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
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 edit

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

Sranan Tongo edit

 
Figa

Etymology edit

From English fig or Dutch vijg.

Noun edit

figa

  1. fig (fruit of the fig tree)

Swahili edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

figa (ma class, plural mafiga)

  1. cooking stone
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