sig

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Pronunciation 2.1.2 Pronoun 2.1.2.1 Usage notes 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Pronunciation 2.2.2 Verb 3 Faroese 3.1 Verb form 4 Icelandic 4.1 Etymology 1 4.1.1 Noun 4.1.1.1 Derived terms 4.1.1.2 See also 4.2 Etymology 2 4.2.1 Alternative spellings 4.2.2 Pronoun 4.2.2.1 Derived terms 5 Swedish 5.1 Alternative spellings 5.2 Pronoun 5.2.1 See also 6 Western Apache 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Etymology 6.3 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

sig

1. Shortened form of signature, usually when used as a digital signature on emails.

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse sik.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /saj/, [sɑj]

[edit] Pronoun

sig

1. (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

1. Imperative of sige.

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[edit] Faroese

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

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sig

• imperative singular of siga

1. say!

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Noun

sig n. (sig-s, -)

1. subsidence

[edit] Derived terms

• jarðsig
• sig í bjarg (rappeling down a cliff face)

[edit] See also

• síga

Declension of the word sig
	singular		plural
	indef	def	indef	def
nominative	-	-	-	-
accusative	sig, sik†	-	-	-
dative	sér	-	-	-
genitive	sín	-	-	-

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Alternative spellings

• sik (obsolete)

[edit] Pronoun

sig

1. (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.

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Alternative spellings

• sej (strongly colloquial)

[edit] Pronoun

sig

1. 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.

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[edit] Western Apache

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [sɪ̀k]

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Athabascan *-x̯ɑ̓t’.

Cognates: Navajo sid, Mescalero sįh.

[edit] Noun

sig

1. scar

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;