īgt

There are diverging opinions on the origin of this word. Some claim that it is derived from Proto-Baltic *ing-, from the zero grade form *h₂n̥gʰ- of Proto-Indo-European *h₂engʰ- (“narrow, narrowed, tied”) (whence German eng (“narrow”)). The semantic evolution would be: “narrow, tight (adj.)” > “to feel tight, constrained” > “to be dissatisfied, sullen, angry” (cf. the evolution implicit in Old High German angi (“narrow”), Old Norse angr (“tedium, depression”), English anger). Cognates would include Lithuanian ìngas (“lazy, idle”), iñgsti, iñgzti (“to whimper, to whine; to moo, to squeal”), éngti (“to strangle, to scratch, to skin, to oppress”), Proto-Slavic *ęga (Russian яга́ (jagá, “witch, evil spirit”), Old Church Slavonic ѩѕа (jędza, “illness, weakness”), Bulgarian енза (enza, “wound, sore; (dial.) disease”)), Old English inca (“illness”), Old Norse ekki (“sorrow; doubt”). Other researchers think that īgt is derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyg- (“sulky, sullen; sick”), in which case it is not cognate with Lithuanian iñgsti, éngti.^[1]

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īgt (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present īgstu, īgsti, īgst, past īgu)

1. to be surly, sullen, angry

   viņš īga, dziļi, sāpīgi īga; visa pasaule tam aizdeva dusmas ― he was sullen, deeply, painfully sullen; the whole world gave him anger

   “kāpēc es te nācu, ko es gaidīju no tāda vakara?” Agnese jautāja sev un īga par sevi, ka bijusi tik pieļāvīga ― “why did I come here, what was I expecting from such a night?” Agnese asked herself and felt angry at herself for having been so yielding, so pliable

• paīgt
• saīgt

• īgns
• īgņa