tuig

Asi

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *tuqig.

Noun

tuig

year

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *tuqig.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtuʔiɡ/ [ˈt̪u.ʔɪɡ]
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Hyphenation: tu‧ig

Noun

tuig (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜁᜄ᜔)

year

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tœy̯x/
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Hyphenation: tuig
Rhymes: -œy̯x

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tuyg (“tools, apparatus, utensil, ornament”), from Old Dutch *tiug, from Proto-West Germanic *teug, from Proto-Germanic *tiugiją, *teugą (“stuff, matter, device”), from *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with German Zeug (“thing, device”).

Noun

tuig n (plural tuigen, diminutive tuigje n)

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tuig

inflection of tuigen:
1. first-person singular present indicative
2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
3. imperative

Higaonon

Noun

tuig

year

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *tuqig.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtuʔiɡ/ [ˈtu.ʔiɡ]
Hyphenation: tu‧ig

Noun

tuig

year

Usage notes

Also used as a verb.

Derived terms

Irish

Alternative forms

tig (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Middle Irish tuicid, from Old Irish ·tucci, prototonic form of do·ucai (“to understand”), from Proto-Celtic *unketi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁unékti, *h₁unkénti (“to get used to, learn”, nasal infix present) from the root *h₁ewk-. Cognate with Lithuanian jùnkti (“to get used to”) and Armenian ուսանել (usanel, “to learn”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɪɟ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɨ̞ɟ/

Verb

tuig (present analytic tuigeann, future analytic tuigfidh, verbal noun tuiscint, past participle tuigthe)

(ambitransitive) understand
1. know the meaning of, comprehend
  - 1991, Ciarán Ó Coigligh, Duibhlinn:
    Níor thuig sé na focla sin go ceann na mblianta ina dhiaidh sin.
    He didn't understand those words until years later.
2. know the nature of
  - 1998 January 15, Colm de Faoite, “Oidhrí John Redmond i mbun oibre”, in An Phoblacht‎^[1], archived from the original on 19-10-2025:
    Ní féidir Éirí Amach 1916 a thuiscint i gceart muna dtuigtear a mhéad agus a bhí sé ina hagóid in éadan an Chogaidh Mhóir.
    The 1916 Rising cannot be properly understood without understanding the extent to which it was a protest against the Great War.
3. know the reason for
  - 2003, Liam Hodder, Gal i mo phíopa:
    Thuig sé anois an fáth a ndeineadh a mháthair a broinn a sciomradh aon uair a chothaítí beatha inti.
    He now understood why his mother's womb was made to tremble whenever life was nurtured in her.
4. have the feeling for
  - 1992 [1990], Declan Kennedy, George Porter, Siobhán Scott, translated by Máirín Elliott, Eolaíocht na linne seo, translation of Science for the future:
    Ní dlí docht ceimiceach é riail an ochtréid ach áis le nascadh ceimiceach a thuiscint.
    The octet rule is not a strict chemical law but rather a tool for understanding chemical bonding.
5. realize
  - 2000 September, Feasta:
    Thuig sí go raibh an cath sin caillte aici .
    She realized that she had lost that battle.
6. assume to be true
  - 1996 June 29, Anois:
    Tuigimid go bhfuil pobal na Gaeilge trí chéile go láidir taobh thiar den éileamh atá á chur chun cinn ag Conradh na Gaeilge.
    We understand that the Irish language community as a whole is strongly behind the demand being promoted by Conradh na Gaeilge.

Conjugation

Conjugation of *tuig* (first conjugation – A)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	tuigim	tuigeann tú; tuigir^†	tuigeann sé, sí	tuigimid; tuigeann muid	tuigeann sibh	tuigeann siad; tuigid^†	a thuigeann; a thuigeas	tuigtear
past	thuig mé; thuigeas	thuig tú; thuigis	thuig sé, sí	thuigeamar; thuig muid	thuig sibh; thuigeabhair	thuig siad; thuigeadar	a thuig	tuigeadh
past habitual	thuiginn / tuiginn^‡	thuigteá / tuigteá^‡	thuigeadh sé, sí / tuigeadh sé, sí^‡	thuigimis; thuigeadh muid / tuigimis^‡; tuigeadh muid^‡	thuigeadh sibh / tuigeadh sibh^‡	thuigidís; thuigeadh siad / tuigidís^‡; tuigeadh siad^‡	a thuigeadh	thuigtí / tuigtí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	tuigfidh mé; tuigfead	tuigfidh tú; tuigfir^†	tuigfidh sé, sí	tuigfimid; tuigfidh muid	tuigfidh sibh	tuigfidh siad; tuigfid^†	a thuigfidh; a thuigfeas	tuigfear
conditional	thuigfinn / tuigfinn^‡	thuigfeá / tuigfeá^‡	thuigfeadh sé, sí / tuigfeadh sé, sí^‡	thuigfimis; thuigfeadh muid / tuigfimis^‡; tuigfeadh muid^‡	thuigfeadh sibh / tuigfeadh sibh^‡	thuigfidís; thuigfeadh siad / tuigfidís^‡; tuigfeadh siad^‡	a thuigfeadh	thuigfí / tuigfí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go dtuige mé; go dtuigead^†	go dtuige tú; go dtuigir^†	go dtuige sé, sí	go dtuigimid; go dtuige muid	go dtuige sibh	go dtuige siad; go dtuigid^†	—	go dtuigtear
past	dá dtuiginn	dá dtuigteá	dá dtuigeadh sé, sí	dá dtuigimis; dá dtuigeadh muid	dá dtuigeadh sibh	dá dtuigidís; dá dtuigeadh siad	—	dá dtuigtí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	tuigim	tuig	tuigeadh sé, sí	tuigimis	tuigigí; tuigidh^†	tuigidís	—	tuigtear

past participle	tuigthe

verbal noun	tuiscint

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Alternative verbal noun: tuigbheáil

Descendants

→ English: twig

Mutation

Mutated forms of *tuig*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
tuig	thuig	dtuig

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Schumacher, Stefan; Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004), “Urkelt. *-u-n-k-e/o- 'verstehen'”, in Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Meid, →ISBN, page 653
^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96), “ucc-”, in Lexique étymologique de l’irlandais ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume T U, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page U-13

Kinaray-a

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *tuqig.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtuʔiɡ/, [ˈtu.ʔiɡ]

Noun

tuig

year

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish tuicid, from Old Irish ·tucci, prototonic form of do·ucai (“to understand”), from Proto-Celtic *unketi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁unékti, *h₁unkénti (“to get used to, learn”, nasal infix present) from the root *h₁ewk-. Cognate with Lithuanian jùnkti (“to get used to”) and Armenian ուսանել (usanel, “to learn”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪ʰɯc/

Verb

tuig (past thuig, future tuigidh, verbal noun tuigsinn, past participle tuigte)

understand, comprehend, realize
Tha mi a' tuigsinn. ― I am understanding, I understand

Thuig mi e. ― I understood him/it.

A bheil sin air thuigsinn? ― Is that understood?

Conjugation

Conjugation of tuig (regular)
		independent		dependent
stem		tuig
verbal noun		tuigsinn
past participle		tuigte

		active	passive	active	passive
past		thuig	thuigeadh	thuig	thuigeadh
future		tuigidh	tuigear tuigtear	tuig	tuigear tuigtear
conditional	1st singular	thuiginn	thuigteadh thuigist¹ thuigiste¹	tuiginn	tuigteadh tuigist¹ tuigist¹
	1st plural	thuigeamaid thuigeadh sinn		tuigeamaid tuigeadh sinn
	2nd & 3rd	thuigeadh		tuigeadh
relative future		thuigeas	thuigear
imperative	1st singular	tuigeam	tuigear tuigtear
	2nd singular	tuig
	3rd singular	tuigeadh
	1st plural	tuigeamaid
	2nd plural	tuigibh
	3rd plural	tuigeadh

¹ Lewis dialect form

Combined conjugation of tuig (regular)
		singular			plural			impersonal
stem		tuig
verbal noun		tuigsinn
past participle		tuigte

		first	second	third m/f	first	second	third	impersonal
independent	past	thuig mi	thuig thu	thuig e/i	thuig sinn	thuig sibh	thuig iad	thuigeadh
	future	tuigidh mi	tuigidh tu	tuigidh e/i	tuigidh sinn	tuigidh sibh	tuigidh iad	tuigear tuigtear
	conditional	thuiginn	thuigeadh tu	thuigeadh e/i	thuigeamaid thuigeadh sinn	thuigeadh sibh	thuigeadh iad	thuigteadh thuigist¹ thuigiste¹
negative	past	cha do thuig mi	cha do thuig thu	cha do thuig e/i	cha do thuig sinn	cha do thuig sibh	cha do thuig iad	cha do thuigeadh
	future	cha tuig mi	cha tuig thu	cha tuig e/i	cha tuig sinn	cha tuig sibh	cha tuig iad	cha tuigear cha tuigtear
	conditional	cha tuiginn	cha tuigeadh tu	cha tuigeadh e/i	cha tuigeamaid cha tuigeadh sinn	cha tuigeadh sibh	cha tuigeadh iad	cha tuigteadh cha tuigist¹ cha tuigist¹
affirmative interrogative	past	an do thuig mi?	an do thuig thu?	an do thuig e/i?	an do thuig sinn?	an do thuig sibh?	an do thuig iad?	an do thuigeadh?
	future	an tuig mi?	an tuig thu?	an tuig e/i?	an tuig sinn?	an tuig sibh?	an tuig iad?	an tuigear? an tuigtear?
	conditional	an tuiginn?	an tuigeadh tu?	an tuigeadh e/i?	an tuigeamaid? an tuigeadh sinn?	an tuigeadh sibh?	an tuigeadh iad?	an tuigteadh? an tuigist?¹ an tuigiste?¹
negative interrogative	past	nach do thuig mi?	nach do thuig thu?	nach do thuig e/i?	nach do thuig sinn?	nach do thuig sibh?	nach do thuig iad?	nach do thuigeadh?
	future	nach tuig mi?	nach tuig thu?	nach tuig e/i?	nach tuig sinn?	nach tuig sibh?	nach tuig iad?	nach tuigear? nach tuigtear?
	conditional	nach tuiginn?	nach tuigeadh tu?	nach tuigeadh e/i?	nach tuigeamaid? nach tuigeadh sinn?	nach tuigeadh sibh?	nach tuigeadh iad?	nach tuigteadh? nach tuigist?¹ nach tuigiste?¹
relative future	affirmative	(ma) thuigeas mi	(ma) thuigeas thu	(ma) thuigeas e/i	(ma) thuigeas sinn	(ma) thuigeas sibh	(ma) thuigeas iad	(ma) thuigear
relative future	negative	(mur) tuig mi	(mur) tuig thu	(mur) tuig e/i	(mur) tuig sinn	(mur) tuig sibh	(mur) tuig iad	(mur) tuigear (mur) tuigtear
imperative		tuigeam	tuig	tuigeadh e/i	tuigeamaid	tuigibh	tuigeadh iad	tuigear tuigtear

¹ Lewis dialect form

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of *tuig*
radical	lenition
tuig	thuig

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Schumacher, Stefan; Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004), “Urkelt. *-u-n-k-e/o- 'verstehen'”, in Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Meid, →ISBN, page 653
^ Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96), “ucc-”, in Lexique étymologique de l’irlandais ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume T U, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page U-13

Surigaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *tuqig.

Noun

tuig

year

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *tuqig.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtuʔiɡ/, [ˈtu.ʔiɡ]

Noun

tuig

year

[1] Schumacher, Stefan; Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004), “Urkelt. *-u-n-k-e/o- 'verstehen'”, in Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Meid, →ISBN, page 653

[2] Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96), “ucc-”, in Lexique étymologique de l’irlandais ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume T U, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page U-13

[3] Schumacher, Stefan; Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004), “Urkelt. *-u-n-k-e/o- 'verstehen'”, in Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Meid, →ISBN, page 653

[4] Vendryes, Joseph (1959–96), “ucc-”, in Lexique étymologique de l’irlandais ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume T U, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page U-13

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Asi

Etymology

Noun

Cebuano

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

Higaonon

Noun

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Usage notes

Derived terms

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Descendants

Mutation

References

Further reading

Kinaray-a

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Mutation

References

Surigaonon

Etymology

Noun

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun