tig

See also: -tig and tig-

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɪɡ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Alternative forms

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.

Noun

tig (uncountable)

  1. (Ireland) The children's game of tag.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From tig-.

Noun

tig

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

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!

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French tigre (“tiger”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tiɡ/

Noun

tig

  1. tiger

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 thigteá thigeadh sé, sí thigimis; thigeadh muid thigeadh sibh thigidís; thigeadh siad a thigeadh /
ar thigeadh*		 thigtí
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 /
ar thigfeadh*		 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.

Livonian

Etymology

Related to Estonian tige.

Adjective

tig

  1. angry

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʲiɣʲ/

Noun

tig n

  1. dative singular of tech

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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

  1. Future tense of thig

Usage notes

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -iːɡ

Verb

tig

  1. imperative of tiga.
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