fig

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English [edit]

A fig (the fruit).
A fig (the fruit) in cross-section.

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle English fige, fygge (also fyke, from Old English fīc, see fike), from Anglo-Norman figue, from Old Provençal figa, from Vulgar Latin fīca (“fig”), from Latin fīcus (“fig tree”), from a pre-Indo European language, perhaps Phoenician (compare Classical Hebrew פַּגָּה (paggâ, “early fallen fig”), Classical Syriac ܦܓܐ (paggāʾ), dialectal Arabic - (faġġ), - (fiġġ))[1].

Another Semitic root (compare Akkadian - (tīʾu, “fig”)) was borrowed into Ancient Greek as σῦκον (sỹkon) (Boeotian τῦκον (tỹkon)) and Armenian as թուզ (tʿuz); whence English sycophant.

Noun [edit]

fig (plural figs)

  1. A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
  2. The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
tree or shrub
fruit

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Etymology 2 [edit]

Variation of fike.

Verb [edit]

fig (third-person singular simple present figs, present participle figging, simple past and past participle figged)

  1. (intransitive) To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.

Etymology 3 [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Noun [edit]

fig (plural figs)

  1. Abbreviation of figure (diagram or illustration).

References [edit]

  1. ^ Andreas Franz and Wilhelm Schimper, Plant Geography Upon a Physiological Basis, volume 2 (Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1902), page 100

Anagrams [edit]

Lojban [edit]

Rafsi [edit]

fig

  1. rafsi of figre.

Volapük [edit]

Noun [edit]

fig (plural figs)

  1. fig

Declension [edit]

declension of fig
singular plural
nominative fig figs
genitive figa figas
dative fige figes
accusative figi figis
predicative figu figus
vocative o fig! o figs!
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