פֿײַג
־ן
די
'fig'

ETYMOLOGY

The idiom אַ פֿײַג אונטער דער נאָז 'a fig under (their) nose (i.e., nothing)' is a calque of Polish figę pod nosem (itself recorded as פֿיגע פּאָד נאָסעם).
The idiom ווײַזן עמעצן אַ פֿײַג 'show someone a fig (i.e., thumb one's nose)' appears to be a calque of Polish pokazać komuś figę.

WESTERN

Jüd du mußt Feigen essen.

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

fæjg͡ŋ̩ {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}

fajgŋ {WTCP, Berettyó-Újfalu, 47212}

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

fajgŋ {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}

HASIDIC

AMERICA

faːgŋ̩ פֿײַגן

SOUTHEASTERN

AUDIO Itzik Manger {Czernowitz / Chernivtsi, BUKOVINA]
fajgn̩