thig

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See also: þig

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)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To beseech; supplicate; implore.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To solicit, usually by begging; ask as alms; beg.
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To make supplication.
  4. (obsolete, intransitive) To profit by or live on the gifts of others.
  5. (obsolete, intransitive) To take alms.
  6. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive, Scotland) To crave; seek (a favour).

Derived terms

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

thig

  1. Lenited form of tig.

Verb

thig

  1. Cois Fharraige form of thuig

Verb

thig

  1. (nonstandard) analytic present indicative of tar

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

thig

  1. Lenited form of tig.

Mutation

Mutation of thig
radical lenition nasalization
tig thig tig
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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)

  1. 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

Conjugation of thig (irregular)
singular plural impersonal
first second third m/f first second third
independent past thàinig mi
thàine mi
thàna mi 		thàinig thu
thàine tu
thàna tu 		thàinig e/i
thàine e/i
thàna e/i 		thàinig sinn
thàine sinn
thàna sinn 		thàinig sibh
thàine sibh
thàna sibh 		thàinig iad
thàine iad
thàna iad 		thàinigeas
thàinigeadh
future thig mi thig thu thig e/i thig sinn thig sibh thig iad thigear
thigtear
conditional thiginn thigeadh tu thigeadh e/i thigeadh sinn
thigeamaid 		thigeadh sibh thigeadh iad thigte
thigist(e)1
negative past cha tàinig mi
cha tàine mi
cha tàna mi 		cha tàinig thu
cha tàine tu
cha tàna tu 		cha tàinig e/i
cha tàine e/i
cha tàna e/i 		cha tàinig sinn
cha tàine sinn
cha tàna sinn 		cha tàinig sibh
cha tàine sibh
cha tàna sibh 		cha tàinig iad
cha tàine iad
cha tàna iad 		cha tàinigeas
cha tàinigeadh
future cha tig mi cha tig thu cha tig e/i cha tig sinn cha tig sibh cha tig iad cha tigear
cha tigtear
conditional cha tiginn cha tigeadh tu cha tigeadh e/i cha tigeadh sinn
cha tigeamaid 		cha tigeadh sibh cha tigeadh iad cha tigte
cha tigist(e)1
affirmative
interrogative 		past an tàinig mi?
an tàine mi?
an tàna mi? 		an tàinig thu?
an tàine tu?
an tàna tu? 		an tàinig e/i?
an tàine e/i?
an tàna e/i? 		an tàinig sinn?
an tàine sinn?
an tàna sinn? 		an tàinig sibh?
an tàine sibh?
an tàna sibh? 		an tàinig iad?
an tàine iad?
an tàna iad? 		an tàinigeas?
an tàinigeadh?
future an tig mi? an tig thu? an tig e/i? an tig sinn? an tig sibh? an tig iad? an tigear?
an tigtear?
conditional an tiginn? an tigeadh tu? an tigeadh e/i? an tigeadh sinn?
an tigeamaid? 		an tigeadh sibh? an tigeadh iad? an tigte?
an tigist(e)?1
negative
interrogative 		past nach tàinig mi?
nach tàine mi?
nach tàna mi? 		nach tàinig thu?
nach tàine tu?
nach tàna tu? 		nach tàinig e/i?
nach tàine e/i?
nach tàna e/i? 		nach tàinig sinn?
nach tàine sinn?
nach tàna sinn? 		nach tàinig sibh?
nach tàine sibh?
nach tàna sibh? 		nach tàinig iad?
nach tàine iad?
nach tàna iad? 		nach tàinigeas?
nach tàinigeadh?
future nach tig mi? nach tig thu? nach tig e/i? nach tig sinn? nach tig sibh? nach tig iad? nach tigear?
nach tigtear?
conditional nach tiginn? nach tigeadh tu? nach tigeadh e/i? nach tigeadh sinn?
nach tigeamaid? 		nach tigeadh sibh? nach tigeadh iad? nach tigte?
nach tigist(e)?1
relative future (a) thig mi (a) thig tu (a) thig e/i (a) thig sinn (a) thig sibh (a) thig iad (a} thigear
(a) thigtear
imperative thigeam! thig! thigeadh e/i! thigeamaid! thigibh! thigeadh iad! thigear!
thigtear
verbal noun tighinn, tighean, teachd2

1Lewis dialect form
2Archaic form

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of tig
radical lenition
tig thig

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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
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