fige

== 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) (archaic) to strive for, to work hard; to desire, often with the preposition efter Synonyms: begære, attrå (archaic) to hurry Synonyms: haste, ile ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “fige” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fiʒ/ === Verb === fige inflection of figer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Latin == === Verb === fīge 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) A fig tree (tree of the genus Ficus) A fig (fruit of a fig tree) (rare) A kind of boil or sore. ==== Related terms ==== figee figer figge tre ==== Descendants ==== English: figTok Pisin: fik→ Chuukese: fik→ Māori: 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. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfiː.je/ === Verb === fīġe (Anglian) inflection of fīġan: first-person singular present indicative singular present subjunctive