thig

Etymology

From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þiċġan (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną (“to accept, receive, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *tek-, *teḱ- (“to receive”). Cognate with Middle High German digen (“to beg, implore, beseech”), Swedish tigga (“to beg, mooch”), Icelandic þiggja (“to get, receive, accept”), Welsh teg (“fair, beautiful, cute”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Verb

thig (third-person singular simple present thigs, present participle thigging, simple past and past participle thigged)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To beseech; supplicate; implore.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To solicit, usually by begging; ask as alms; beg.
3. (obsolete, intransitive) To make supplication.
4. (obsolete, intransitive) To profit by or live on the gifts of others.
5. (obsolete, intransitive) To take alms.
6. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive, Scotland) To crave; seek (a favour).

Anagrams

• ghit, gith, ight, tigh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪɟ/

Noun

thig

1. Lenited form of tig.

Verb 1

thig

1. Cois Fharraige form of thuig

Verb 2

thig

1. (nonstandard) present indicative of tar

Mutation

Further reading

• "thig" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “thig” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “thig” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θʲiɣʲ/

Noun

thig

1. Lenited form of tig.

Mutation

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hikʲ/

Verb

thig (past thàinig, future thig, verbal noun tighinn, past participle tigte)

1. come

   Thiginn a steach a rithist ged a chuirteadh a mach mi.

   I would come in again though I were put out.

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