tig

See also: -tig and tig-

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• tyg

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) The children's game of tag.
   • 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 43

     One evening when playing tig she had put her hands over his eyes: long and white and thin and cold and soft.

Anagrams

• GTi, IGT, git

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Cebuano

Etymology

From tig-.

Noun

tig

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

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Dutch

Etymology

From the suffix -tig used to form multiples of ten.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪx

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!

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French tigre (“tiger”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiɡ/

Noun

tig

1. tiger

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲɪɟ/

Etymology 1

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

Verb

tig

1. Alternative form of tagann, the 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

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

1. Munster spelling of tigh (“house”)

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.

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Livonian

Etymology

Related to Estonian tige.

Adjective

tig

1. angry

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲiɣʲ/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Alternative forms

• taig

Noun

tig n

1. dative singular of tech

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

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.

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Scottish Gaelic

Verb

tig

1. future of thig

Usage notes

• This is the dependent form, the basic form being thig.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːɡ

Verb

tig

1. imperative of tiga.