pigg

See also: Pigg, PIgG, and pIgG

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪɡ/
• Homophone: pig

Noun

pigg (plural piggs)

1. A piggin.
   • 1818 July 25, Jedadiah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume (please specify |volume=I, II, III, or IV), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC:

     lying useless here in this auld pigg

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pigg in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse pík f.

Noun

pigg m (definite singular piggen, indefinite plural pigger, definite plural piggene)

1. a spike
2. a stud (e.g. on a studded tyre)
3. a spine or quill (on an animal)
4. a barb (on barbed wire)

Derived terms

• piggdekk
• piggrokke
• piggsvin
• piggtråd

References

• “pigg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse pík f.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪɡː/

Noun

pigg m (definite singular piggen, indefinite plural piggar, definite plural piggane)

1. a spike
2. a stud (e.g. on a studded tyre)
3. a spine or quill (on an animal)
4. a barb (on barbed wire)

Derived terms

• piggdekk
• piggsvin
• piggtråd

References

• “pigg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪɡː/

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

pigg (comparative piggare, superlative piggast)

1. alert, sharp (especially as opposed to drowsy)

   Är du pigg än?

   Have you woken up yet?

   Synonyms: alert, vaken, livlig

2. lively, spirited (especially despite old age)

   Synonyms: livfull, frejdig

3. dapper, peppy

Declension

Inflection of pigg
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	pigg	piggare	piggast
Neuter singular	piggt	piggare	piggast
Plural	pigga	piggare	piggast
Masculine plural3	pigge	piggare	piggast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	pigge	piggare	piggaste
All	pigga	piggare	piggaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

• Musse Pigg (“Mickey Mouse”)
• pigga upp (“cheer up, stimulate”)
• pigg som en lärka
• pigg som en mört
• piggna till (“become alert”)

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish pigger, perhaps from Old Norse píkr (“nail, spike”). Cognate with Danish pig. Related also to Swedish pik and Old Norse pík.

Noun

pigg c

1. a spike
2. a spine or quill (on an animal)
3. a tooth (on a gear)

Declension

Declension of pigg
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	pigg	piggen	piggar	piggarna
Genitive	piggs	piggens	piggars	piggarnas

Further reading

• pigg in Svensk ordbok.
• pigg in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)