-ig

See also: ig, Ig, IG, ig., ig-, and i.G.

Danish

Suffix

-ig

1. -y; forms adjectives from nouns

Derived terms

Danish terms suffixed with -ig

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch -ag, -ig, from Proto-Germanic *-agaz, *-īgaz, *-ugaz, each a variant of a common suffix *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪx/, /əx/

Suffix

-ig

1. -y; forms adjectives from nouns

   Synonyms: -achtig, -erig

2. -ed, having (when attached to a noun preceded by an adjective that describes the noun)

   roodharig ― red-haired

   dikhuidig ― thick-skinned

   tweebenig ― two-legged

Inflection

Inflection of -ig
uninflected	-ig
inflected	-ige
comparative	-iger
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		-ig	-iger	het -igst het -igste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	-ige	-igere	-igste
	n. sing.	-ig	-iger	-igste
	plural	-ige	-igere	-igste
definite		-ige	-igere	-igste
partitive		-igs	-igers	—

Derived terms

Dutch terms suffixed with -ig

• batig
• betweterig
• danig
• -erig
• fruitig
• geniepig
• hanig
• hardharig
• horig
• horig
• inhalerig
• kranig
• onledig
• prekerig
• pruilerig
• stevig
• volledig
• volmondig
• vredig

 

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German -ec, -ic, from Proto-Germanic *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪç/ (Germany; less common in southern regiolects)
• IPA^(key): /ɪk/, /ɪɡ̊/, /iɡ̊/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /ɪɕ/, /ɪʃ/ (some central German speakers)

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Suffix

-ig

1. -y; forms adjectives from nouns
2. forms adjectives from verbs, well doing
3. forms adjectives from adverbs

Derived terms

German terms suffixed with -ig

• gläubig
• goldhaltig
• mühselig
• verständig

See also

• -lich
• -isch

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iɡ]

Suffix

-ig

1. (case suffix) until, till, up to. Used to form the terminative case. It can refer to both time and place. It is used by both back and front vowel words.

   Ötig dolgozom. ― I work until five o'clock.

   Az állomásig busszal mentünk, de onnan hazáig már gyalog. ― We traveled by bus to the station but from there to home we walked.

2. for a specified length of time

   A levél olyan hosszú volt, hogy tíz percig olvastam. ― The letter was so long that I was reading it for 10 minutes.

Usage notes

   Hungarian case suffixes

Case	Back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú	Front vowel
		unrounded e, é, i, í	rounded ö, ő, ü, ű
nominative	—
accusative	-t
	-ot / -at	-et	-öt
dative	-nak	-nek
instrumental	-val	-vel
causal-final	-ért
translative	-vá	-vé
terminative	-ig
essive-formal	-ként
essive-modal	-ul	-ül
inessive	-ban	-ben
superessive	-n
	-on	-en	-ön
adessive	-nál	-nél
illative	-ba	-be
sublative	-ra	-re
allative	-hoz	-hez	-höz
elative	-ból	-ből
delative	-ról	-ről
ablative	-tól	-től
Note for all endings: Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként.     alma — almában, but almaként     zene ― zenében, but zeneként

• The above two senses may be ambiguous when hour or o'clock is mentioned, as in this sentence:

  Két óráig maradunk. ― We'll stay for two hours OR We'll stay until 2 o'clock.

To avoid this ambiguity, the accusative case may be employed when referring to the duration (Két órát maradunk), and the sentence may be rephrased when referring to the end point (Két óra múlva indulunk – We're leaving in two hours.)

• (until): With pointlike events or places the meaning is usually clear. However, it is ambiguous when the given event itself lasts for some time or the given object is such that it matters whether it is included, excluded or partially included.

  Szerdáig van időd. ― You have time until Wednesday.

  • With exclusion: on Wednesday 00:01 A.M. you are already late (rare, one would probably say keddig; until Tuesday)
  • With partial inclusion: the border line is somewhere during the day (most likely)
  • With full inclusion: you have the full Wednesday (also possible)

See also

• addig, eddig, meddig
• Category:Hungarian noun forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

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Middle English

Suffix

-ig

1. Alternative form of -y.

References

• “-i, (suf.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.
• “-i(e, (suf.2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 June 2018.

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Old English

Alternative forms

• -ic, -eg

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ij/

Suffix

-iġ

1. -y; forms adjectives from nouns and verbs

Derived terms

• bisiġ
• findiġ

Old English terms suffixed with -ig

Descendants

• Middle English: -iȝ, -i, -y, -ich
  • Scots: -ie
  • English: -y, -ey, -ie

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.

Suffix

-ig

1. -y; forms adjectives from i-stem nouns and verbs

Related terms

• -ag

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse -agr, -igr, from Proto-Germanic *-gaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos.

Suffix

-ig

1. -y; forms adjectives from nouns

Derived terms

Swedish terms suffixed with -ig