piger

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Danish

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Noun

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piger c

  1. indefinite plural of pige

French

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Etymology

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Believed to be derived from an adjective meaning "caught", from Late Latin *pedicus, from Latin pedica (snare, shackle, fetter), and therefore doublet of piéger.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pi.ʒe/
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Verb

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piger

  1. (informal, slang) to understand; to get, to catch on, to twig, to cotton on
    Synonym: entraver
  2. (Canada) to choose at random; to draw

Conjugation

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This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written pige- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Further reading

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Latin

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Etymology

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From pigeō (to feel annoyance at, feel reluctance at), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *peyǵ- (ill-meaning, evil-minded, treacherous, hostile, bad). Related to Old English ġefic (fraud, deceit, deception), Old English fācen (deceit, fraud, treachery, sin, evil, crime, blemish, fault), Middle High German veichen (dissembling, deceit, fraud), though De Vaan is skeptical of the links to the Germanic terms.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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piger (feminine pigra, neuter pigrum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. backward, slow, dull, lazy, indolent, sluggish, inactive
    Synonyms: dēses, iners, sēgnis, ignāvus, socors, murcidus, languidus
    Antonyms: vīvus, strēnuus, impiger, alacer, ācer
  2. unwilling, reluctant, averse

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative piger pigra pigrum pigrī pigrae pigra
genitive pigrī pigrae pigrī pigrōrum pigrārum pigrōrum
dative pigrō pigrae pigrō pigrīs
accusative pigrum pigram pigrum pigrōs pigrās pigra
ablative pigrō pigrā pigrō pigrīs
vocative piger pigra pigrum pigrī pigrae pigra

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Italian: pigro
  • Spanish: pigre, pigro

References

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  • piger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • piger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • piger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • piger in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 464-5