feg

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English

Fegs of garlic and orange

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From fig, with the change in spelling reflecting a Caribbean pronunciation.[1]

    Noun

    feg (plural fegs)

    1. (originally England, dialectal, now chiefly Caribbean) A piece, a clove (of segmented produce, especially oranges and garlic).
      • 1877 February 17, G.P.T., Notes and Queries, volume VII, number 164, London: John Francis, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 134, column 1:
        I have many relations and friends who are West Indians. They always speak of the section of an orange as a "fig," and of tearing an orange into its different pieces as "figging an orange." This does not apply to a division by knife.
      • 2023 December 23, “So you don't eat pork? Use chicken and make Garlic Chicken instead.”, in Guyanese Association of Barbados Inc‎, archived from the original on 2024-09-21:
        Place about ten to fifteen fegs of garlic, half cup of dried fine thyme, (more if fresh thyme is used), 4 or more wiri wiri peppers, and a tablespoon of salt in a blender with about a cup of vinegar and blend for about a minute until well blended.

    References

    1. ^ “feg, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

    Further reading

    Swedish

    Etymology

    From Old Swedish fēgher, from Old Norse feigr, from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz. The present meaning ("cowardly") is through German influence (compare German feige).

    Pronunciation

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    Adjective

    feg (comparative fegare, superlative fegast)

    1. cowardly

    Declension

    Inflection of feg
    Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
    common singular feg fegare fegast
    neuter singular fegt fegare fegast
    plural fega fegare fegast
    masculine plural2 fege fegare fegast
    Definite positive comparative superlative
    masculine singular3 fege fegare fegaste
    all fega fegare fegaste

    1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
    2 Dated or archaic.
    3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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    Volapük

    Noun

    feg (nominative plural fegs)

    1. fencing

    Declension

    Declension of feg
    singular plural
    nominative feg fegs
    genitive fega fegas
    dative fege feges
    accusative fegi fegis
    vocative 1 o feg! o fegs!
    predicative 2 fegu fegus

    1 status as a case is disputed
    2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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