sig
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
A shortened form of signature.
[edit] Noun
sig
[edit] Etymology 2
From Old English sige.
[edit] Noun
sig
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Danish
[edit] Etymology 1
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /saj/, [sɑj]
[edit] Pronoun
sig
- (reflexive) third-person pronoun
[edit] Usage notes
For all other persons (both sg. and pl.) the personal accusative pronoun is used
[edit] Etymology 2
See sige.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /siː/, [siːˀ]
[edit] Verb
sig
- Imperative of sige.
[edit] Faroese
[edit] Verb form
sig
- imperative singular of siga
- say!
[edit] Conjugation
| siga, v-70 | ||||
| number | singular | plural | ||
| person | first | second | third | all |
| Indicative | eg | tú | hann / hon tað |
vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum |
| Present | sigi | sigur | sigur | siga |
| Past | segði | segði | segði | søgdu |
| Imperative | tú | tit | ||
| Present | — | sig ! | — | sigið ! |
| Infinitive | siga | |||
| Pres. part. | sigandi | |||
| Past part. a8 | sagdur | |||
| Supine | sagt | |||
[edit] Icelandic
[edit] Etymology 1
[edit] Noun
sig n. (genitive singular sigs, uncountable)
[edit] Derived terms
- jarðsig
- sig í bjarg (rappeling down a cliff face)
[edit] See also
[edit] Etymology 2
[edit] Alternative spellings
- sik (obsolete)
[edit] Pronoun
sig
- (reflexive) accusative third person reflexive pronoun meaning oneself (and also depending on context himself, herself, itself and themselves)
- Hann drap sig.
- He killed himself.
- Hún drap sig.
- She killed herself.
- Hann drap sig.
[edit] Declension
| Declension of the word sig | ||||||
| singular | plural | |||||
| indef | def | indef | def | |||
| nominative | - | - | - | - | ||
| accusative | sig, sik† | sig, sik† | sig, sik† | sig, sik† | ||
| dative | sér | sér | sér | sér | ||
| genitive | sín | sín | sín | sín | ||
[edit] Derived terms
terms derived from the accusative form, or sig
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Alternative spellings
- sej (strongly colloquial)
[edit] Pronoun
sig
- reflexive case of han, hon, den, det, de or man; c.f. himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself
- Antagligen skulle han vilja lära sig jonglera. = He would probably like to learn how to juggle.
- Hon lärde sig själv. = She taught herself.
- Skar de sig på knivarna? = Did they cut themselves on the knives?
[edit] See also
- sig själv sg.
- sig själva pl.
[edit] Western Apache
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [sɪ̀k]
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Athabascan *-x̯ɑ̓t’.
Cognates: Navajo sid, Mescalero sįh.
[edit] Noun
sig
The form sig in the White Mountain variety; sid occurs in White Mountain and Dilze’eh (Tonto); shig occurs in Cibecue; shid occurs in Dilze’eh and San Carlos varieties;