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)
  • 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

From Latin fīcus; akin to Italian fico

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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