thig
See also: þig
English
Etymology
From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þiċġan (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), 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)
- (obsolete, transitive) To beseech; supplicate; implore.
- (obsolete, transitive) To solicit, usually by begging; ask as alms; beg.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To make supplication.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To profit by or live on the gifts of others.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To take alms.
- (obsolete, transitive, intransitive, Scotland) To crave; seek (a favour).
Derived terms
- thigger
- thigster
Anagrams
- ghit, gith, ight, tigh
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɪɟ/
Noun
thig
- Lenited form of tig.
Verb
thig
- Cois Fharraige form of thuig
Verb
thig
- (nonstandard) analytic present indicative of tar
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “thig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “thig” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “thig” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 68
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θʲiɣʲ/
Noun
thig
- Lenited form of tig.
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. | ||
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)
- 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
- Participles
| Tense \\ Voice | Active | Passive |
|---|---|---|
| Present | a' tighinn | -- |
| Past | thàinig | -- |
| Future | thig | -- |
| Conditional | thigeadh | -- |
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
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| tig | thig |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
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.
- “thig” in R. A. Armstrong, A Gaelic Dictionary, in Two Parts, London, 1825, →OCLC, page 672.
- “thig” in LearnGaelic - Dictionary.