thig

See also: þig

English

Etymology

From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þiċġan (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną (“to accept, receive, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive”).

Cognate with Middle High German digen (“to beg, implore, beseech”), German digen (“to beg, beseech, take, get”), Swedish tigga (“to beg, mooch”), Icelandic þiggja (“to get, receive, accept”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Verb

thig (third-person singular simple present thigs, present participle thigging, simple past and past participle thigged)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To beseech; supplicate; implore.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To solicit, usually by begging; ask as alms; beg.
3. (obsolete, intransitive) To make supplication.
4. (obsolete, intransitive) To profit by or live on the gifts of others.
5. (obsolete, intransitive) To take alms.
6. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive, Scotland) To crave; seek (a favour).

Derived terms

• thigger
• thigster

Anagrams

• ghit, gith, ight, tigh

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪɟ/

Noun

thig

1. Lenited form of tig.

Verb

thig

1. Cois Fharraige form of thuig

Verb

thig

1. (nonstandard) analytic present indicative of tar

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “thig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “thig”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “thig”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 68

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θʲiɣʲ/

Noun

thig

1. Lenited form of tig.

Mutation

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ·ticc, prototonic form of do·icc (“comes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hikʲ/

Verb

thig (past thàinig, future thig, verbal noun tighinn, past participle tigte)

1. come

   Thiginn a steach a rithist ged a chuirteadh a mach mi.

   I would come in again though I were put out.

Usage notes

• The dependent form of the future tense is tig.

Conjugation

Participles

Tense \ Voice	Active	Passive
Present	a' tighinn	--
Past	thàinig	--
Future	thig	--
Conditional	thigeadh	--

Derived terms

• nuair a thig air duine, thig air uile
• thig beò air
• thig gu buil
• thig gu ìre
• thig suas air
• thig suas ri
• thig tarsainn air

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
tig	thig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “thig”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• “thig” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.
• “thig” in R. A. Armstrong, A Gaelic Dictionary, in Two Parts, London, 1825, →OCLC, page 672.
• “thig”, in LearnGaelic - Dictionary‎^[2], 2021