འཇིག

Tibetan

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-(t)sik. Related to འཚིག ('tshig).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ⁿd͡ʑik/
• Lhasa: /ɕi˩˧˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ⁿd͡ʑik/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: xi^w
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ɕi˩˧˨/

Verb

འཇིག • ('jig) (nominal form འཇིག་པ)

1. (intransitive) to decay, to be destroyed, to disintegrate, to fall apart, to perish

Conjugation

Conjugation of འཇིག

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	འཇིག	'jig
Future	འཇིག གཞིག	'jig gzhig
Past	ཞིག བཞིག འཇིག	zhig bzhig 'jig
Imperative	ཞིག ཞིགས	zhig zhigs

Etymology 2

Causative of Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*ⁿd͡ʑik/
• Lhasa: /ɕi˥˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*ⁿd͡ʑik/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: xi^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /ɕi˥˨/

Verb

འཇིག • ('jig) (nominal form འཇིག་པ)

1. (transitive) to destroy, to devastate, to demolish, to abolish
2. (transitive, dialectal) to undo, to untie

Conjugation

Conjugation of འཇིག

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	འཇིག བཤིག	'jig bshig
Future	གཞིག བཤིག	gzhig bshig
Past	བཤིག བཤིགས བཞིག	bshig bshigs bzhig
Imperative	ཤིག ཤིགས ཞིག	shig shigs zhig