Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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figiúr m (genitive singular figiúir, nominative plural figiúirí)

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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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

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  • 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