figiúr

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English figure, from Middle English figure, from Old French figure, from Latin figūra. Doublet of fíor.

Noun

figiúr m (genitive singular figiúir, nominative plural figiúirí)

  1. figure
    1. (mathematics, geometry) digit, number, numeral
    2. (in the plural) statistics; sums, arithmetic

Declension

Declension of figiúr (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative figiúr figiúirí
vocative a fhigiúir a fhigiúirí
genitive figiúir figiúirí
dative figiúr figiúirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an figiúr na figiúirí
genitive an fhigiúir na bhfigiúirí
dative leis an bhfigiúr
don fhigiúr 		leis na figiúirí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of figiúr
radical lenition eclipsis
figiúr fhigiúr bhfigiúr

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “figiúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “figure”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “numeral”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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