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mig

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-).

Pronunciation Edit

Adjective Edit

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

  1. middle; mid-
    mitjanit ― midnight
  2. half
    mitja hora ― half hour

Derived terms Edit

Related terms Edit

Further reading Edit

Danish Edit

Etymology Edit

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

Pronunciation Edit

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.

See also Edit

Danish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
Singular First – jeg mig min mit mine
Second modern / informal du dig din dit dine
formal De Dem Deres
Third masculine (person) han ham hans
feminine (person) hun hende hendes
common(noun) den dens
neuter(noun) det dets
reflexive – sig sin sit sine
Plural First modern vi os vores
archaic / formal vor vort vore
Second – I jer jeres
Third – de dem deres
reflexive – sig

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.

Declension Edit

  Icelandic personal pronouns
Icelandic personal pronouns
singular first person second person third person masculine third person feminine third person neuter
nominative ég, eg†, ek† þú hann hún, hon†, hón† það, þat†
accusative mig, mik† þig, þik† hann hana það, þat†
dative mér þér honum, hánum† henni því
genitive mín þín hans hennar þess
plural first person second person third person masculine third person feminine third person neuter
nominative við þið, þit† þeir þær þau
accusative okkur ykkur þá þær þau
dative okkur ykkur þeim þeim þeim
genitive okkar ykkar þeirra þeirra þeirra

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

References Edit

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

Declension Edit

Declension of mig
singular plural
nominative mȋg mȉgovi
genitive miga migova
dative migu migovima
accusative mig migove
vocative migu migove
locative migu migovima
instrumental migom migovima

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.

Declension Edit

Swedish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
singular first — jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
second — du dig, dej3 din ditt dina
third masculine (person) han honom, han2, en5 hans
feminine (person) hon henne, na5 hennes
gender-neutral (person)1 hen hen, henom7 hens
common (noun) den den dess
neuter (noun) det det dess
indefinite man or en4 en ens
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural first — vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
second — ni er er, eran2, ers6 ert, erat2 era
archaic I eder eder, eders6 edert edra
third — de, dom3 dem, dom3 deras
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.
2Informal
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

See also Edit

References Edit

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