Esperanto

Adjective

fika ‎(accusative singular fikan, plural fikaj, accusative plural fikajn)

1. (vulgar) ****, fucken
   • 2000 January 16, Coffin, David J., “Neĝa Taglibro (komika)”, in soc.culture.esperanto, Usenet, message-ID <nEcg4.3600$Ef6.939221@news.shore.net>:

     Dek-kvin Dio-damnaj fikaj centimetroj da fika neĝo kaj fika neĝpluvo kaj fika glacio kaj neniu scias kia alia blanka fekaĵo falis lastanokte.

     15 goddamn **** centimeters of **** snow and **** sleet and **** ice and nobody-knows-what kind of other white **** fell last night.

Faroese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin fīca ‎(“fig”), from Latin fīcus ‎(“fig tree”), from a pre-Indo European language, perhaps Phoenician [script needed] ‎(pagh, “ripe fig”); see fig for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːka/
• Rhymes: -iːka

Noun

fika f (genitive singular fiku, plural fikur)

1. fig

Declension

Derived terms

• fikublað
• fikutræ

Novial

Verb

fika ‎(past fikad, active participle fikant, passive participle fikat)

1. render

Conjugation

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːˌka/

Etymology 1

Attested in writing from 1910 according to Nationalencyklopedins ordbok. Formed by metathesis of the syllables in the dialectal word kaffi ("coffee").

Noun

fika c

1. The enjoyment of coffee (or tea) as a social activity.
2. A break from work or other activities, usually with coffee or tea.
3. A light informal snack or meal in mid-morning or mid-afternoon similar to the English concept of afternoon tea.

Declension

Verb

fika

1. to have fika (in all senses)

Conjugation

Related terms

• fik
• fikabröd
• fikadags/fikadax
• fikapaus
• jobbfika
• personalfika

Etymology 2

Attested in writing from 1527. From Old Swedish fikia ("to hurry; to eagerly strive for"). Related to Danish fige, Norwegian fikia (dialectal) and Icelandic fíkjask. According to Svenska Akademiens ordbok, it might be related to the Norwegian verb fika ("to eagerly move ones arms back and forth) and German ficken ("to rub").^[1]

Verb

1. (archaic) to strive for, to work hard; to desire, often with the preposition 'efter

   Att fika efter makt

   To desire/strive for power

2. (archaic) to hurry

See also

• fika efter

References

1. ↑ fika in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.