See also: MIG, MiG, Mig, and míg

English Edit

Etymology Edit

Probably from a pronunciation of mg.

Noun Edit

mig (plural migs)

  1. A milligram
    • 1997 August 29, Rob Boyd, “androstenedione”, in alt.baldspot[1] (Usenet):
      I'm on 400 migs of T and 200 of trenbelone and in the middle of growing some hair I havent seen 10 years

Usage notes Edit

  • More often spoken than written.

Catalan Edit

Etymology Edit

Inherited from Old Catalan mig, from Latin medius (compare Occitan mièg, French mi-).

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Adjective Edit

mig (feminine mitja, masculine plural migs or mitjos, feminine plural mitges)

  1. middle; mid-
    mitjanitmidnight
  2. half
    mitja horahalf hour

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Danish Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Norse mik, from Proto-Germanic *mek, from Proto-Indo-European *me (me).

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Pronoun Edit

mig (nominative jeg, possessive min)

  1. (personal) first person singular accusative personal pronoun; me
  2. (personal, nonstandard, when before other terms in a list) first person singular nominative personal pronoun; I
    Mig og min bror tog til stranden.
    Me and my brother went to the beach.

Usage notes Edit

Also used as reflexive pronoun.

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Icelandic Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Norse mik.

Pronunciation Edit

Pronoun Edit

mig

  1. (personal) accusative of ég; me
    Þú drapst mig.
    You killed me.
  2. myself
    Ég brenndi mig.
    I burnt myself.

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Middle English Edit

Noun Edit

mig

  1. Alternative form of mygge

Norwegian Nynorsk Edit

Noun Edit

mig n (definite singular miget, indefinite plural mig, definite plural miga)

  1. piss

Verb Edit

mig

  1. inflection of miga:
    1. present
    2. imperative

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Old Swedish Edit

Pronoun Edit

mig

  1. Alternative form of mik (Late Old Swedish)

Serbo-Croatian Edit

Etymology Edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *migъ.

Noun Edit

mȋg m (Cyrillic spelling ми̑г)

  1. wink
  2. hint
  3. cue

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Swedish Edit

Alternative forms Edit

  • mej (colloquial)

Etymology Edit

From Old Norse mik, from Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European *me (me).

Pronunciation Edit

Pronoun Edit

mig

  1. me (objective case)
    Såg du mig aldrig där?
    Did you never see me there?
    Kan du lära mig att jonglera?
    Can you teach me how to juggle?
    • 1981, X Models (lyrics and music), “Två av oss [Two of us]”:
      Det finns bara en av mig och det är jag. Det finns bara en av dig och det är du. Det finns bara två av oss, och det är vi.
      There is only one of me and that is I. There is only one of you [object] and that is you [subject]. There are only two of us, and that is us [we – subject]. [Swedish has some of the same subject/object fuzziness as English, but a standalone "Det är <pronoun>" idiomatically (through intuition rather than being taught) uses the subject form]
  2. reflexive of jag; compare myself
    Jag skar mig på kniven.
    I cut myself on the knife.
    (literally, “I cut me on the knife.”)

Usage notes Edit

Note that some verbs have special senses when used reflexively. For example, do not confuse jag lär mig att... ("I learn to...") [reflexive] with du lär mig att... ("you teach me to...") and jag lär mig själv att... ("I teach myself to..."). Here, lär means teach(es) if it is not reflexive, but learn(s) if it is reflexive. Hence the need for the separate pronoun "mig själv" to be used when object and subject agree, but the verb nevertheless should not be used in the reflexive case.

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