snig

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Etymology 1

Verb

snig (third-person singular simple present snigs, present participle snigging, simple past and past participle snigged)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, forestry) To drag a log along the ground by means of a chain fastened at one end.
2. (UK, dialect) To sneak.
3. (UK, dialect) To chop off; to cut.

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *snigilaz or *snagilaz; related to snail.

Noun

snig (plural snigs)

1. (UK, dialect) A small eel

Anagrams

• IGNs, Ings, NGIs, Sing, Sing., gins, ings, nigs, sign, sing, sing.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʲn͈ʲiɣʲ/

Verb

·snig

1. third-person singular present indicative conjunct of snigid

Mutation

Mutation of snig

radical	lenition	nasalization
snig	ṡnig	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• snȇg (Ekavian)
• snijȇg (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sněgъ, from Proto-Indo-European *snóygʷʰos.

Noun

snig m (Cyrillic spelling сниг)

1. (Chakavian, Ikavian) snow
   • 1536, Petar Zoranić, Planine:

     Kako sunčen plam
     snig tali čas svak,
     a vitar bludan
     odgoni oblak,
     tako ljubezan
     tali moj žitak.

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   • 1622, Ivan Gundulić, Suze sina razmetnoga:

     Kami u cvijeću, cvit na snigu,
     Snig na suncu, sunce u noći.

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   • 1759, Antun Kanižlić, Sveta Rožalija:

     Ter po strmu brigu i kamenju idem,
     po trnju, po snigu, po jamah k njoj pridem.

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