tig

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

Translingual

Symbol

tig

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

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɪɡ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
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)

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

Noun

tig (plural tigs)

(dialectal) A light touch; a tap or pat.
(Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) 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)

(historical) A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.

Anagrams

GTi, IGT, TGI, git

Cebuano

Etymology

From tig-.

Noun

tig

(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

IPA^(key): /tɪx/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɪx

Determiner

tig

(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!

Derived terms

tigste

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French tigre (“tiger”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiɡ/

Noun

tig

tiger

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʲɪɟ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ·ticc, prototonic form of do·icc (“comes”).

Verb

tig

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)

Cois Fharraige form of tuig (“to understand”)

Conjugation

conjugation of tig (first conjugation – A)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	tiscint
past participle	tigthe
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
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 / dtigteá‡‡	thigeadh sé, sí / dtigeadh sé, sí‡‡	thigimis; thigeadh muid / dtigimis‡‡; dtigeadh muid‡‡	thigeadh sibh / dtigeadh sibh‡‡	thigidís; thigeadh siad / dtigidís‡‡; dtigeadh siad‡‡	a thigeadh / a dtigeadh*	thigtí / dtigtí‡‡
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 / dtigfeá‡‡	thigfeadh sé, sí / dtigfeadh sé, sí‡‡	thigfimis; thigfeadh muid / dtigfimis‡‡; dtigfeadh muid‡‡	thigfeadh sibh / dtigfeadh sibh‡‡	thigfidís; thigfeadh siad / dtigfidís‡‡; dtigfeadh siad‡‡	a thigfeadh / a dtigfeadh*	thigfí / dtigfí‡‡
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

* 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)

Munster spelling of tigh (“house”)

Declension

Declension of tig (second declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	tig	tithe
vocative	a thig	a thithe
genitive	tí	tithe
dative	tig	tithe

forms with the definite article
	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

angry

Old English

Noun

tīg f

alternative form of tēag

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʲiɣʲ/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

taig

Noun

tig n

dative singular of tech

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

tig

genitive singular masculine/neuter of tiug

Mutation

Mutation of *tig*
radical	lenition	nasalization
tig	thig	tig pronounced with /dʲ-/

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

future of thig

Usage notes

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -iːɡ

Verb

tig

imperative of tiga

White Hmong

Etymology

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

Verb

tig

(of vehicles) to turn
to revolve; to rotate