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English
Etymology
From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þiċġan (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną (“to accept, receive, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive”).
Cognate with Middle High German digen (“to beg, implore, beseech”), German digen (“to beg, beseech, take, get”), Swedish tigga (“to beg, mooch”), Icelandic þiggja (“to get, receive, accept”).
Pronunciation
Verb
thig (third-person singular simple present thigs, present participle thigging, simple past and past participle thigged)
- (obsolete, transitive) To beseech; supplicate; implore.
- (obsolete, transitive) To solicit, usually by begging; ask as alms; beg.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To make supplication.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To profit by or live on the gifts of others.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To take alms.
- (obsolete, transitive, intransitive, Scotland) To crave; seek (a favour).
Derived terms
Anagrams
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
thig
- Lenited form of tig.
Verb
thig
- Cois Fharraige form of thuig
Verb
thig
- (nonstandard) analytic present indicative of tar
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “thig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “thig”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “thig”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 68
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
thig
- Lenited form of tig.
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| tig
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thig
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tig
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish ·ticc, prototonic form of do·icc (“comes”).
Pronunciation
Verb
thig (past thàinig, future thig, verbal noun tighinn, past participle tigte)
- come
Thiginn a steach a rithist ged a chuirteadh a mach mi.- I would come in again though I were put out.
Usage notes
Conjugation
- Participles
Derived terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| tig |
thig
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “thig”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- “thig” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.
- “thig” in R. A. Armstrong, A Gaelic Dictionary, in Two Parts, London, 1825, →OCLC, page 672.
- “thig”, in LearnGaelic - Dictionary, 2021