tign

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tign.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɪkn/

  Rhymes: -ɪkn

Noun

tign f (genitive singular tignar, plural tignir)

1. dignity
2. rank; rate

Declension

Declension of tign
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tign	tignin	tignir	tignirnar
accusative	tign	tignina	tignir	tignirnar
dative	tign	tignini	tignum	tignunum
genitive	tignar	tignarinnar	tigna	tignanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tign.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɪkn/

  Rhymes: -ɪkn

Noun

tign f (genitive singular tignar, nominative plural tignir)

1. grace, majesty
2. rank (level of authority or dignity)

Declension

declension of tign

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tign	tignin	tignir	tignirnar
accusative	tign	tignina	tignir	tignirnar
dative	tign	tigninni	tignum	tignunum
genitive	tignar	tignarinnar	tigna	tignanna

Old Norse

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”). See also teigr (“province, distinct portion of land”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

tign f

1. state, highness, honour

Descendants

• Icelandic: tign
• Faroese: tign

References

• “tign”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press