thig

See also: þig

English

Alternative forms

• theg (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þiċġan (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiggjan, 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

• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Verb

thig (third-person singular simple present thigs, present participle thigging, simple past and past participle thigged)

1. (transitive, Scotland) To solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.
   • 1800, Alexander Carmichael, Carmina Gadelica:

     This is not second clothing. This cloth is not thigged.

2. (ambitransitive, Scotland) To beg, borrow; cadge.
3. (intransitive, Scotland or obsolete) To profit by or live on the gifts of others.
4. (intransitive, Scotland, obsolete) To take alms.
5. (transitive, Scotland or obsolete) To beseech; supplicate; implore.
6. (ambitransitive, Scotland) To crave; seek (a favour).
   • 1912, Duncan Macintyre, George Calder, Gaelic songs of Duncan MacIntyre, page 227:

     "I'll go and the thigged wool demand
     From the good ladies of the land. […] "

Derived terms

• thigger
• thigging
• thigster

Anagrams

• ghit, gith, ight, tigh

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hiɟ/

Noun

thig

1. lenited form of tig

Verb

thig

1. Cois Fharraige form of thuig

Verb

thig

1. (nonstandard) analytic present indicative of tar

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθʲiɣʲ/

Noun

thig

1. lenited form of tig

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hikʲ/

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

• The dependent form of the future tense is tig.

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

• nuair a thig air duine, thig air uile
• thig beò air
• thig gu buil
• thig gu ìre
• thig suas air
• thig suas ri
• thig tarsainn air

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.
• Armstrong, R. A. (1825), “thig”, in A Gaelic Dictionary, in Two Parts‎^[1], London, →OCLC, page 672
• “thig”, in LearnGaelic - Dictionary, 2021