nigon

English

Alternative forms

negon, negyn, nygon

Noun

nigon (plural nigons)

(obsolete) Niggard, miser. [14th–17th c.]

Anagrams

Ngoni, ngoni, oning

Old English

**Old English numbers ^(edit)**
	90
← 8	9	10 →
Cardinal: nigon Ordinal: nigoþa Age: nigonwintre Multiplier: nigonfeald

Alternative forms

nigen, nigan, niogen, nygon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *nigun, an unexplained variant of *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈni.ɡon/, [ˈni.ɣon]

Numeral

nigon

nine
Nigon sīðum nigon bēoþ ān and hundeahtatiġ.
Nine times nine is eighty-one.

Descendants

Middle English: nyne, nine, nin, niȝen, neghen, neyen, nyen, niwon, niȝhenn
- English: nine
- Scots: nine, neen, nyn, nyne
- Yola: neen

Welsh

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈnɪɡɔn/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈniːɡɔn/, /ˈnɪɡɔn/

Adverb

nigon

nasal mutation of digon (“enough”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *digon*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
digon	ddigon	nigon	unchanged

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