tig
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Noun
tig (plural tigs)
- (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)
- (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.
- 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 43
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology
From tig-.
Noun
tig
- (often humorous, derogatory) a gofer; a worker who runs errands
Dutch
Etymology
From the suffix -tig used to form multiples of ten.
Pronunciation
Determiner
tig
- (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!
- Ik kan wel tig redenen bedenken waarom dit fout is!
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French tigre (“tiger”)
Pronunciation
Noun
tig
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish ·ticc, prototonic form of do·icc (“comes”).
Verb
tig
- 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)
- Cois Fharraige form of tuig (“to understand”)
Conjugation
* 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
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tig | thig | dtig |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Livonian
Etymology
Related to Estonian tige.
Adjective
tig
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
Noun
tig n
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
tig
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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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. |
Scottish Gaelic
Verb
tig
Usage notes
- This is the dependent form, the basic form being thig.
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːɡ
Verb
tig
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of tiga.
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