figh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish figid (weaves, plaits, intertwines, verb), from Proto-Celtic *wegyeti (to weave, compose), from Proto-Indo-European *wég-ye-ti (to spin, weave). Doublet of voil.

Verb

figh (present analytic fíonn, future analytic fífidh, verbal noun , past participle fite)

  1. (ambitransitive) 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

Mutated forms of figh
radical lenition eclipsis
figh fhigh bhfigh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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

Mutated forms of figh
radical lenition eclipsis
figh fhigh bhfigh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “figh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “figid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language