tig

See also: TIG, Tig, -tig, and tig-

Translingual

Symbol

tig

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tigre.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Tigre terms

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪɡ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Etymology 1

Dialectal variant of tick, from Middle English ticken, tiken. More at tick.

Verb

tig (third-person singular simple present tigs, present participle tigging, simple past and past participle tigged)

1. (dialectal) To touch lightly or playfully; to trifle, dally.

Noun

tig (plural tigs)

1. (dialectal) A light touch; a tap or pat.
2. (Ireland, UK) The children's game of tag.
   • 1916 December 29, James Joyce, chapter I, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC, page 36:

     One evening when playing tig she had put her hands over his eyes: long and white and thin and cold and soft.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• tyg

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.

See also

• tig bitties / tig ol' bitties (etymologyically unrelated)

Anagrams

• GTi, IGT, git

Cebuano

Etymology

From tig-.

Noun

tig

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

Dutch

Etymology

From the suffix -tig (“-ty”) used to form multiples of ten, after German zig.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɪx

Determiner

tig

1. (informal) tens, dozens, lots, umpteen

   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. 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

conjugation of tig (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*	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 / dtiginn‡‡	thigteá / dtigteᇇ	thigeadh sé, sí / dtigeadh sé, s퇇	thigimis; thigeadh muid / dtigimis‡‡; dtigeadh muid‡‡	thigeadh sibh / dtigeadh sibh‡‡	thigidís; thigeadh siad / dtigidís‡‡; dtigeadh siad‡‡	a thigeadh / a dtigeadh*	thigtí / dtigt퇇
future		tigfidh mé; tigfead	tigfidh tú; tigfir†	tigfidh sé, sí	tigfimid; tigfidh muid	tigfidh sibh	tigfidh siad; tigfid†	a thigfidh; a thigfeas / a dtigfidh*	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 / a dtigfeadh*	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 (genitive singular tí, nominative plural tithe)

1. Munster spelling of tigh (“house”)

Declension

Declension of tig (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative tig tithe vocative a thig a thithe genitive tí tithe dative tig tithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tig na tithe genitive an tí na dtithe dative leis an tig don tig leis na tithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of tig

radical	lenition	eclipsis
tig	thig	dtig

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tiki. Related to Estonian tige.

Adjective

tig

1. angry

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʲiɣʲ/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• taig

Noun

tig n

1. dative singular of tech

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

tig

1. genitive singular masculine/neuter of tiug

Mutation

Mutation of tig

radical	lenition	nasalization
tig	thig	tig pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̥ʲikʲ/, /d̥ʲʒik/ (as if spelled dig)

Verb

tig

1. future of thig

Usage notes

• This is the dependent form, the basic form being thig.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːɡ

Verb

tig

1. imperative of tiga

White Hmong

Etymology

From Vietnamese đi ("to go", "to walk), borrowed with a more restrictive definition.

Verb

tig

1. (of vehicles) to turn
2. to revolve; to rotate