feg

English

Fegs of garlic and orange

Alternative forms

• fig

Etymology

From fig, with the change in spelling reflecting a Caribbean pronunciation.

Noun

feg (plural fegs)

1. (originally England, dialectal, now chiefly Caribbean) A piece, a clove (of segmented produce, especially oranges and garlic).
   • 1877 February 17, G.P.T., Notes and Queries, volume VII, number 164, London: John Francis, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 134, column 1:

     I have many relations and friends who are West Indians. They always speak of the section of an orange as a "fig," and of tearing an orange into its different pieces as "figging an orange." This does not apply to a division by knife.

   • 2023 December 23, “So you don't eat pork? Use chicken and make Garlic Chicken instead.”, in Guyanese Association of Barbados Inc‎^[1], archived from the original on 2024-09-21:

     Place about ten to fifteen fegs of garlic, half cup of dried fine thyme, (more if fresh thyme is used), 4 or more wiri wiri peppers, and a tablespoon of salt in a blender with about a cup of vinegar and blend for about a minute until well blended.

Further reading

• “feg”, in Collins English Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fēgher, from Old Norse feigr, from Proto-Germanic *faigijaz. The present meaning ("cowardly") is through German influence (compare German feige).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

feg (comparative fegare, superlative fegast)

1. cowardly

Declension

Inflection of feg

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	feg	fegare	fegast
neuter singular	fegt	fegare	fegast
plural	fega	fegare	fegast
masculine plural2	fege	fegare	fegast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	fege	fegare	fegaste
all	fega	fegare	fegaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• fegsnöre

Related terms

• feghet
• fegis

References

• feg in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• feg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Volapük

Noun

feg (nominative plural fegs)

1. fencing

Declension

declension of feg

	singular	plural
nominative	feg	fegs
genitive	fega	fegas
dative	fege	feges
accusative	fegi	fegis
vocative 1	o feg!	o fegs!
predicative 2	fegu	fegus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Related terms

• fegön