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Irish
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)
- figure
- (mathematics, geometry) digit, number, numeral
- (in the plural) statistics; sums, arithmetic
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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figiúr
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fhigiúr
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bhfigiúr
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “figiúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “figure”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “numeral”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024