English

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

• thigger
• thigster

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɪɟ]

Verb

thig

1. (Cois Fharraige) Alternative form of thuig

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θʲiɣʲ/

Noun

thig

1. Lenited form of tig.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hiɡ̊ʲ], /hikʲ/

Verb

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

1. to come

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

   I would come in again though I were put out.

Conjugation

Participles

Usage notes

• The dependent form of the future tense is tig.

Derived terms