Fig

Calque of Arabic التِين (at-tīn), after the first word of the sura.

the Fig

1. The 95th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

   Synonym: the Fig-tree

Clipping.

the Fig

1. (slang) Figueroa Street (street in Los Angeles)

• FGI, GFI, GIF, IGF, gif

• Feig (dialectal, eastern, now dated)

Borrowed from French figue. The long vowel reflects the slight lengthening effect that following voiced obstruents (here the French [ɡ]) tend to have in closed syllables. This also explains the obsolete Luxembourgish plural Figgen (with short [i] in an open syllable).

• IPA^(key): [fiːk]

Fig f (plural Figen)

1. fig (plant, fruit)