figiúr

Irish

Alternative forms

• figear

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

• figiúr draíochta (“magic number”)
• figiúr fiúntais (“figure of merit”)
• figiúr nocht (“nude”, noun)
• figiúr suntasach (“significant digit, significant figure”)

 

Mutation

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

• 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