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

Mutated forms of figiúr

radical	lenition	eclipsis
figiúr	fhigiúr	bhfigiúr

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “figiúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “figure”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• “numeral”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025