tige

See also: tǐgé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French tige (“stem”), from Latin tibia (“shin bone, leg”). Doublet of tibia.

Noun

tige (plural tiges)

1. (firearms, historical) A steel pin in early rifles.

Anagrams

• gite, gîte

Estonian

Etymology

Related to Livonian tig. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

tige (genitive tigeda, partitive tigedat, comparative tigedam, superlative kõige tigedam or tigedaim)

1. angry

Declension

Declension of tige (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tige	tigedad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	tigeda
genitive			tigedate
partitive		tigedat	tigedaid
illative		tigedasse	tigedatesse tigedaisse
inessive		tigedas	tigedates tigedais
elative		tigedast	tigedatest tigedaist
allative		tigedale	tigedatele tigedaile
adessive		tigedal	tigedatel tigedail
ablative		tigedalt	tigedatelt tigedailt
translative		tigedaks	tigedateks tigedaiks
terminative		tigedani	tigedateni
essive		tigedana	tigedatena
abessive		tigedata	tigedateta
comitative		tigedaga	tigedatega

Further reading

• “tige”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tige, from Latin tībia. Compare the borrowed doublet tibia (“shin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiʒ/

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Noun

tige f (plural tiges)

1. (botany) stem (of a plant etc.)
2. sapling
3. shank
4. (dated) ciggie, cig, fag, smoke

Derived terms

• coton-tige (“cotton swab”)

Descendants

• → Catalan: tija

Further reading

• “tige”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• gîte

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɪɟɪ/

Verb

tige

1. (Ulster, parts of Munster) Alternative form of taga, the present subjunctive analytic of tar.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tige	thige	dtige
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Malay

Numeral

tige

1. (Johor-Selangor) three, 3

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• taige

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲiɣʲe/

Noun

tige n

1. inflection of tech:
   1. genitive singular
   2. genitive dual
   3. nominative/vocative/accusative and genitive plural

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
tige	thige	tige pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Swedish

Verb

tige

1. (archaic) present subjunctive of tiga

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːɣə/

Adjective

tige

1. much, many

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “tige”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Adverb

tige

1. much, very

   Tige tank! ― Thank you very much!

Further reading

• “tige”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011