figiúr
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English figure, from Middle English figure, from Old French figure, from Latin figūra. Doublet of fíor.
Noun
editfigiúr m (genitive singular figiúir, nominative plural figiúirí)
- figure
- (mathematics, geometry) digit, number, numeral
- (in the plural) statistics; sums, arithmetic
Declension
editDeclension of figiúr
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
edit- figiúr draíochta (“magic number”)
- figiúr fiúntais (“figure of merit”)
- figiúr nocht (“nude”, noun)
- figiúr suntasach (“significant digit, significant figure”)
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| figiúr | fhigiúr | bhfigiúr |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
edit- 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
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- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeyǵʰ-
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- Irish terms derived from Old French
- Irish terms derived from Latin
- Irish doublets
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