figa

See also: figą and фига

Catalan

Etymology

From , from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfi.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfi.ɣa]

Noun

figa f (plural figues)

1. fig
2. (vulgar slang) cunt; pussy (the vulva)

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Italian

Noun

figa f (plural fighe)

1. (vulgar, chiefly northern Italy) Alternative form of fica (“cunt, pussy”)

Derived terms

• sfiga (“bad luck”)
• sfigato (“unlucky”)

Adjective

figa f

1. feminine singular of figo

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• figuo (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus.

Noun

figa f (plural figas)

1. fig

Related terms

• figuièr

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Old High German

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French figue, from Latin fīcus. Compare Modern French figue.

Noun

fīga f

1. fig

Descendants

• Middle High German: vīge
  • Cimbrian: faiga
  • German: Feige
  • Yiddish: פֿײַג (fayg)
  • → Polish: figa (see there for further descendants)

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus.

Noun

figa f (oblique plural figas, nominative singular figa, nominative plural figas)

1. fig (fruit)

Descendants

• Catalan: figa
• Occitan: figa
• → Old French: figue (see there for further descendants)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “fīcus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume
  , page 495

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ɡa/

• audio:

  (file)

Noun

figa f

1. (colloquial) common fig, (tree, shrub, or fruit)
2. (colloquial) nothing, nil, zilch
3. fig sign

Declension

Declension of figa

	singular	plural
nominative	figa	figi
genitive	figi	fig
dative	fidze	figom
accusative	figę	figi
instrumental	figą	figami
locative	fidze	figach
vocative	figo	figi

Derived terms

• (adjective) figowy
• (noun) figowiec

Descendants

• → Russian: фига (figa)
  • → Kildin Sami: фӣга (fīga)

Further reading

• figa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Template:R:PWN

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiɡa/

Noun

figa f (genitive singular figy, nominative plural figy, genitive plural fíg, declension pattern of žena)

1. fig (fruit)

Declension

Declension of figa

	singular	plural
nominative	figa	figy
genitive	figy	fíg
dative	fige	figám
accusative	figu	figy
locative	fige	figách
instrumental	figou	figami

Related terms

• figovník
• figový

Further reading

• “figa”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fìːɡa/

Noun

fíga f

1. fig (fruit)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	fíga
gen. sing.	fíge
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	fíga	fígi	fíge
genitive (rodȋlnik)	fíge	fíg	fíg
dative (dajȃlnik)	fígi	fígama	fígam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	fígo	fígi	fíge
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	fígi	fígah	fígah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	fígo	fígama	fígami