tig

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See also: TIG, Tig, -tig, and tig-

Translingual

Symbol

tig

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tigre.

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɪɡ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

tig (plural tigs)

  1. (historical) A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.

Etymology 2

Noun

tig (uncountable)

  1. (Ireland, UK) The children's game of tag.

See also

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From tig-.

Noun

tig

  1. (often humorous, derogatory) a gofer; a worker who runs errands

Dutch

Etymology

From the suffix -tig (“-ty”) used to form multiples of ten, after German zig.

Pronunciation

Determiner

tig

  1. (informal) tens, dozens, lots
    Ik kan wel tig redenen bedenken waarom dit fout is!
    I can think of dozens of reasons why this is wrong!

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French tigre (“tiger”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tig

  1. tiger

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ·ticc, prototonic form of do·icc (“comes”).

Verb

tig

  1. present indicative analytic of tar
    Tig sé abhaile ar a sé a chloch.
    He comes home at six o’clock.
Usage notes

The form tig is especially common in tar le (“be able”).

Etymology 2

Variant form of tuig.

Verb

tig (present analytic tigeann, future analytic tigfidh, verbal noun tiscint, past participle tigthe)

  1. Cois Fharraige form of tuig (“to understand”)
Conjugation
conjugation of tig (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present tigim tigeann tú;
tigir† 		tigeann sé, sí tigimid tigeann sibh tigeann siad;
tigid† 		a thigeann; a thigeas /
a dtigeann*; a dtigeas* 		tigtear
past thig mé; thigeas thig tú; thigis thig sé, sí thigeamar; thig muid thig sibh; thigeabhair thig siad; thigeadar a thig /
ar thig* 		tigeadh
past habitual thiginn / dtiginn‡‡ thigteá / dtigteᇇ thigeadh sé, sí / dtigeadh sé, s퇇 thigimis; thigeadh muid / dtigimis‡‡; dtigeadh muid‡‡ thigeadh sibh / dtigeadh sibh‡‡ thigidís; thigeadh siad / dtigidís‡‡; dtigeadh siad‡‡ a thigeadh /
a dtigeadh* 		thigtí / dtigt퇇
future tigfidh mé;
tigfead 		tigfidh tú;
tigfir† 		tigfidh sé, sí tigfimid;
tigfidh muid 		tigfidh sibh tigfidh siad;
tigfid† 		a thigfidh; a thigfeas /
a dtigfidh*; a dtigfeas* 		tigfear
conditional thigfinn / dtigfinn‡‡ thigfeá / dtigfeᇇ thigfeadh sé, sí / dtigfeadh sé, s퇇 thigfimis; thigfeadh muid / dtigfimis‡‡; dtigfeadh muid‡‡ thigfeadh sibh / dtigfeadh sibh‡‡ thigfidís; thigfeadh siad / dtigfidís‡‡; dtigfeadh siad‡‡ a thigfeadh /
a dtigfeadh* 		thigfí / dtigf퇇
subjunctive present go dtige mé;
go dtigead† 		go dtige tú;
go dtigir† 		go dtige sé, sí go dtigimid;
go dtige muid 		go dtige sibh go dtige siad;
go dtigid† 		— go dtigtear
past dá dtiginn dá dtigteá dá dtigeadh sé, sí dá dtigimis;
dá dtigeadh muid 		dá dtigeadh sibh dá dtigidís;
dá dtigeadh siad 		— dá dtigtí
imperative tigim tig tigeadh sé, sí tigimis tigigí;
tigidh† 		tigidís — tigtear
verbal noun tiscint
past participle tigthe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 3

Pronunciation spelling based on the fact that word-final -igh and -ig are pronounced the same in Munster.

Noun

tig m (genitive singular tí, nominative plural tithe)

  1. Munster spelling of tigh (“house”)
Declension
Declension of tig

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tig tithe
Vocative a thig a thithe
Genitive tí tithe
Dative tig tithe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tig na tithe
Genitive an tí na dtithe
Dative leis an tig

don tig

leis na tithe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tig thig dtig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Livonian

Etymology

Related to Estonian tige. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

tig

  1. angry

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

Noun

tig n

  1. dative singular of tech

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

tig

  1. genitive singular masculine/neuter of tiug

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
tig thig tig
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Verb

tig

  1. future of thig

Usage notes

Swedish

Pronunciation

Verb

tig

  1. imperative of tiga

White Hmong

Etymology

From Vietnamese đi ("to go", "to walk), borrowed with a more restrictive definition.

Verb

tig

  1. (of vehicles) to turn
  2. to revolve; to rotate
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