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[1]

References

  1. ^ “snig”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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 snig

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

Etymology

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

Noun

snig m animacy unspecified (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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1622, Ivan Gundulić, Suze sina razmetnoga:
      Kami u cvijeću, cvit na snigu,
      Snig na suncu, sunce u noći.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1759, Antun Kanižlić, Sveta Rožalija:
      Ter po strmu brigu i kamenju idem,
      po trnju, po snigu, po jamah k njoj pridem.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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