fige

See also: figé and figę

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish fighæ (“to hurry, to eagerly strive for”). Related to Swedish fika, dialectal Norwegian fikia, Icelandic fíkjask.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfiːə]

Verb

fige (imperative fig, infinitive at fige, present tense figer, past tense figede, perfect tense figet)

1. (archaic) to strive for, to work hard; to desire, often with the preposition efter

   Synonyms: begære, attrå

2. (archaic) to hurry

   Synonyms: haste, ile

Conjugation

Conjugation of fige

active passive present figer figes past figede figedes infinitive fige figes imperative fig — participle present figende past figet (auxiliary verb have) gerund figen

References

• “fige” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiʒ/

Verb

fige

1. inflection of figer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Verb

fīge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of fīgō

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fygge, fyge, figge, fygue, ffige

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French figue, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca, from Latin fīcus. Doublet of fyke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiɡ(ə)/

Noun

fige (plural figes)

1. A fig tree (tree of the genus Ficus)
2. A fig (fruit of a fig tree)
3. (rare) A kind of boil or sore.

Related terms

• figee
• figer
• figge tre

Descendants

• English: fig
  • Tok Pisin: fik
  • → Chuukese: fik
  • → Maori: piki
• Scots: feg
• → Welsh: ffigys (from the plural form)

References

• “fige, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-3.