vig

See also: Vig and víg

English

Etymology

Clipping of vigorish, from Yiddish וויגריש‎ (vigrish), from Russian вы́игрыш (výigryš, “winnings”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪɡ/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Noun

vig (countable and uncountable, plural vigs)

1. (slang) Synonym of vigorish (“charge taken on bets”)
   • 1984, Patrick, John, Craps, →ISBN, page 11:

     The house sets vigs on any game they allow you to bet on. It is your responsibility to play only those games where the vig is not prohibitive. Let's take one more look at how vigorish works for the house.

   • 2009, Winston, Wayne L., Mathletics: How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics, page 256:

     The bookmaker's mean profit per dollar bet is called vigorish or “the vig.” In our example, 11 + 11 = $22 is bet, and the bookmaker wins $1 so the vig is 1/22 = 4.5%.

   • 2016, Andersch, Mark, By an Addict, for an Addict‎^[2], →ISBN:

     The vig is like your "tax" paid on a bet which goes to the bookie. For example, every $100 I would bet, I had a vig of $10. So if I bet $500 and lost that bet, I would owe $550. Trust me, when you don't win, the vigs add up quick!

2. (US slang, crime) Synonym of vigorish (“interest from a loan, as from a loan shark”)
   • 1973, Martin Scorsese, Mardik Martin (screenplay), Mean Streets, quoted in 2009, Ellis Cashmore, Martin Scorsese's America, page 118,

     “You charged a guy from the neighborhood $1800 vig?” he asks incredulously (“vig” is short for vigorish, meaning a rate of interest from a loan from an illegal moneylender).

   • 2005, Lione, F. P., The Crossroads (Midtown Blue Book; 2), page 100:

     The guy was probably professional muscle, a leg breaker who collects vig for a loan shark. (Vig is a mob term for interest on loans to a loan shark.)

   • 2009, Bostick, Davinia, The Match, →ISBN, page 91:

     "Look, I know I owe you and I know I'm late but I'm good for it. I am. In fact I'll pay you triple what I owe. Triple! Plus the missing vigs, but I need some help first."

3. Synonym of vigorish (“commission, finder's fee, or similar extra charge”)

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *uig-, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to revolve, turn, twist”). Cognate to Old English wice (“patch”) and Old Norse vik (“bight”).

Noun

vig m (indefinite plural vigje, definite singular vigu, definite plural vigjet)

1. stretcher, litter, bier, transition (consisting of beams)

Declension

Declension of vig

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	vig	vigje	vigu	vigjet
accusative			vigun
dative	vigu	vigjeve	vigut	vigjevet
ablative		vigjesh

Derived terms

• vigan

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viːˀ/, [ˈʋiˀ]
• Homophone: hvi

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vík, from Proto-Germanic *wīkō (“village; inlet”), cognate with Norwegian, Swedish vik, English wick, Dutch wijk. Borrowed from Latin vīcus.

Noun

vig c (singular definite vigen, plural indefinite vige)

1. inlet (arm of the sea)

Declension

Declension of vig

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vig	vigen	vige	vigene
genitive	vigs	vigens	viges	vigenes

Derived terms

• mundvig

References

• “vig” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vig

1. imperative of vige

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse vígr.

Noun

vig m (definite singular vigen, indefinite plural vigar, definite plural vigane)

1. fight, battle (only used in given names)

Related terms

Male given names:

• Alvig
• Hardvig
• Hjalmvige
• Vig
• Vigar
• Vigbjart
• Vigbjord
• Vigbjørn
• Vigbrand
• Vigbrodd
• Vigdjarv
• Vige
• Vigfast
• Vigfus
• Vigge, Viggo
• Vighard
• Vighjalm
• Vigkvat
• Vigleik
• Vigloge
• Viglund
• Vigmann
• Vigmar
• Vigmund
• Vignjot
• Vigolv, Vigulv
• Vigorm
• Vigråd
• Vigstein
• Vigsterk
• Vigtorn
• Vigvald
• Vigvard

 

Female given names:

• Vigdis
• Vigglod
• Viglaug
• Vigunn

 

References

• “vig” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
• Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn, →ISBN, page 398

Romanian

Etymology

From Hungarian vég.

Noun

vig n (plural viguri)

1. bolt of fabric

Declension

Declension of vig

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) vig	vigul	(niște) viguri	vigurile
genitive/dative	(unui) vig	vigului	(unor) viguri	vigurilor
vocative	vigule		vigurilor

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viːɡ/
• Rhymes: -iːɡ

Verb

vig

1. imperative of viga.

Adjective

vig (comparative vigare, superlative vigast)

1. (of a person) limber, supple

   Han var så vig att han kunde lägga foten bakom huvudet

   He was so flexible that he could put his foot behind his head

Declension

Inflection of vig
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	vig	vigare	vigast
Neuter singular	vigt	vigare	vigast
Plural	viga	vigare	vigast
Masculine plural3	vige	vigare	vigast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	vige	vigare	vigaste
All	viga	vigare	vigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Further reading

• vig in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• giv

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [viɡ]

Noun

vig (nominative plural vigs)

1. week
2. sennight, sevennight

Declension

declension of vig

	singular	plural
nominative	vig	vigs
genitive	viga	vigas
dative	vige	viges
accusative	vigi	vigis
vocative 1	o vig!	o vigs!
predicative 2	vigu	vigus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only