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sig

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

A shortened form of signature.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sig (plural sigs)

  1. (Internet, informal) A signature, especially on emails or newsgroup postings.
    • 1995, Vince Emery, How to grow your business on the Internet:
      Your sig should ideally be four or five lines long, six or seven at the maximum. Since it will be repeated on hundreds of messages, a long signature wastes bandwidth and is therefore rude.
    • 2004, Brad Hill, Building Your Business with Google For Dummies, page 48:
      Posting good content is the best way to get people clicking your sig link.
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English sige. Cognate with Middle Dutch seic, seike, Middle Low German seyche. Related also to sink (“to fall”).

NounEdit

sig (uncountable)

  1. (UK, dialectal, dated) Urine.

AnagramsEdit

DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sik.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

sig

  1. (reflexive) third-person pronoun
    Hunden slikkede sig ren.
    The dog licked itself clean.
Usage notesEdit

For all other persons (both singular and plural) the personal accusative pronoun is used.

See alsoEdit
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

Etymology 2Edit

See sige.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

sig

  1. imperative of sige

FaroeseEdit

VerbEdit

sig

  1. imperative singular of siga

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of siga (group v-70)
infinitive siga
supine sagt
participle (a8)1 sigandi sagdur
present past
first singular sigi segði
second singular sigur segði
third singular sigur segði
plural siga søgdu
imperative
singular sig!
plural sigið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

sig n (genitive singular sigs, nominative plural sig)

  1. subsidence, (a sinking of something to a lower level)
  2. prolapse, a moving out of place, especially a protrusion of an internal organ
DeclensionEdit
declension of sig
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sig sigið sig sigin
accusative sig sigið sig sigin
dative sigi siginu sigum sigunum
genitive sigs sigsins siga siganna
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sik.

Alternative formsEdit

PronounEdit

sig

  1. (reflexive) accusative third person reflexive pronoun meaning oneself (and also depending on context himself, herself, itself and themselves)
    Hann drap sig.
    He killed himself.
    Hún drap sig.
    She killed herself.
DeclensionEdit
declension of sig
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative - - - -
accusative sig, sik† sig, sik† sig, sik† sig, sik†
dative sér sér sér sér
genitive sín sín sín sín
Derived termsEdit
terms derived from the accusative form, or sig
terms derived from the dative form, or sér
terms derived from the genitive form, or sín

Norwegian NynorskEdit

VerbEdit

sig

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

SumerianEdit

RomanizationEdit

sig

  1. Romanization of 𒋝 (sig)

SwedishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • sej (strongly colloquial)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *se.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

sig

  1. reflexive case of han, hon, den, det, de or man; compare himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself
    Antagligen skulle han vilja lära sig jonglera.
    Presumably he would like to learn how to juggle.
    Hon lärde sig själv.
    She taught herself.
    Skar de sig på knivarna?
    Did they cut themselves on the knives?

DeclensionEdit

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 alsoEdit

Western ApacheEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Athabaskan *-x̯ɑ̓t. Cognates include Navajo sid, Mescalero sįh.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sig

  1. scar

Usage notesEdit

The form sig in the White Mountain variety; sid occurs in White Mountain and Dilzhe’eh (Tonto); shig occurs in Cibecue; shid occurs in Dilzhe’eh and San Carlos varieties;

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