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 fí, past participle fite)

  1. (ambitransitive) weave
  2. (transitive, of a story, etc.) put together, contrive, compose

Conjugation

Conjugation of figh (first conjugation – C)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present fím fíonn tú;
fír† 		fíonn sé, sí fímid; fíonn muid fíonn sibh fíonn siad;
fíd† 		a fhíonn; a fhíos fitear
past d'fhigh mé; d'fhíos /
fhigh mé‡; fhíos‡ 		d'fhigh tú;
d'fhís /
fhigh tú‡;
fhís‡ 		d'fhigh sé, sí /
fhigh sé, sí‡ 		d'fhíomar; d'fhigh muid /
fhíomar‡; fhigh muid‡ 		d'fhigh sibh; d'fhíobhair /
fhigh sibh‡; fhíobhair‡ 		d'fhigh siad; d'fhíodar /
fhigh siad‡; fhíodar‡ 		a d'fhigh fíodh
past habitual d'fhínn /
fínn‡ 		d'fhiteá /
fiteᇠ		d'fhíodh sé, sí /
fíodh sé, sí‡ 		d'fhimis; d'fhíodh muid /
fimis‡; fíodh muid‡ 		d'fhíodh sibh /
fíodh sibh‡ 		d'fhidís; d'fhíodh siad /
fidís‡; fíodh siad‡ 		a d'fhíodh d'fhití /
fití‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future fífidh mé;
fífead 		fífidh tú;
fífir† 		fífidh sé, sí fífimid;
fífidh muid 		fífidh sibh fífidh siad;
fífid† 		a fhífidh; a fhífeas fífear
conditional d'fhífinn /
fífinn‡ 		d'fhífeá /
fífeᇠ		d'fhífeadh sé, sí /
fífeadh sé, sí‡ 		d'fhífimis; d'fhífeadh muid /
fífimis‡; fífeadh muid‡ 		d'fhífeadh sibh /
fífeadh sibh‡ 		d'fhífidís; d'fhífeadh siad /
fífidís‡; fífeadh siad‡ 		a d'fhífeadh d'fhífí /
fífí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go bhfí mé;
go bhfíod† 		go bhfí tú;
go bhfír† 		go bhfí sé, sí go bhfímid;
go bhfí muid 		go bhfí sibh go bhfí siad;
go bhfíd† 		— go bhfitear
past dá bhfínn dá bhfiteá dá bhfíodh sé, sí dá bhfimis;
dá bhfíodh muid 		dá bhfíodh sibh dá bhfidís;
dá bhfíodh siad 		— dá bhfití
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— fím figh fíodh sé, sí fímis fígí;
fídh† 		fídís — fitear
past participle fite
verbal noun fí

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

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], 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
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