thig

== English == === Alternative forms === theg (Scotland) === Etymology === From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þiċġan (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiggjan, 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) (transitive, Scotland) To solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms. (ambitransitive, Scotland) To beg, borrow; cadge. (intransitive, Scotland or obsolete) To profit by or live on the gifts of others. (intransitive, Scotland, obsolete) To take alms. (transitive, Scotland or obsolete) To beseech; supplicate; implore. (ambitransitive, Scotland) To crave; seek (a favour). ==== Derived terms ==== thigger thigging thigster === Anagrams === ghit, gith, ight, tigh == Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hiɟ/ === Noun === thig lenited form of tig === Verb === thig Cois Fharraige form of thuig === Verb === thig (nonstandard) analytic present indicative of tar === References === == Old Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθʲiɣʲ/ === Noun === thig lenited form of tig == 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) come ==== Usage notes ==== The dependent form of the future tense is tig. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === References === Edward Dwelly (1911), “thig”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN “thig” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary. Armstrong, R. A. (1825), “thig”, in A Gaelic Dictionary, in Two Parts‎[1], London, →OCLC, page 672 “thig”, in LearnGaelic - Dictionary, 2021