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Webster 1913 Edition
Tig
Tig
,Noun.
1.
A game among children. See
Tag
. 2.
A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tig
TIG
,Noun.
Definition 2024
tig
tig
English
Noun
tig (countable and uncountable, plural tigs)
- (Ireland) tag, the children's game.
- 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 43
- One evening when playing tig she had put her hands over his eyes : long and white and thin and cold and soft.
- 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 43
- A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪx
Etymology
From the suffix -tig used to form multiples of ten.
Determiner
tig
- (informal) tens, dozens, lots
- Ik kan wel tig redenen bedenken waarom dit fout is!
- I can think of dozens of reasons why this is wrong!
- Ik kan wel tig redenen bedenken waarom dit fout is!
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʲɪɟ/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish ·ticc, prototonic form of do·icc (“comes”).
Verb
tig
- Alternative form of tagann, the present indicative analytic of tar
- Tig sé abhaile ar a sé a chloch.
- He comes home at six o’clock.
- Tig sé abhaile ar a sé a chloch.
Usage notes
The form tig is especially common in tar le (“be able”).
Etymology 2
Variant form of tuig.
Verb
tig (present analytic tigeann, future analytic tigfidh, verbal noun tiscint, past participle tigthe)
- Cois Fharraige form of tuig (“to understand”)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | tigim | tigeann tú; tigir† |
tigeann sé, sí | tigimid | tigeann sibh | tigeann siad; tigid† |
a thigeann; a thigeas / a dtigeann*; a dtigeas* |
tigtear |
| past | thig mé; thigeas | thig tú; thigis | thig sé, sí | thigeamar; thig muid | thig sibh; thigeabhair | thig siad; thigeadar | a thig / ar thig* |
tigeadh | |
| past habitual | thiginn | thigteá | thigeadh sé, sí | thigimis; thigeadh muid | thigeadh sibh | thigidís; thigeadh siad | a thigeadh / ar thigeadh* |
thigtí | |
| future | tigfidh mé; tigfead |
tigfidh tú; tigfir† |
tigfidh sé, sí | tigfimid; tigfidh muid |
tigfidh sibh | tigfidh siad; tigfid† |
a thigfidh; a thigfeas / a dtigfidh*; a dtigfeas* |
tigfear | |
| conditional | thigfinn | thigfeá | thigfeadh sé, sí | thigfimis; thigfeadh muid | thigfeadh sibh | thigfidís; thigfeadh siad | a thigfeadh / ar thigfeadh* |
thigfí | |
| subjunctive | present | go dtige mé; go dtigead† |
go dtige tú; go dtigir† |
go dtige sé, sí | go dtigimid; go dtige muid |
go dtige sibh | go dtige siad; go dtigid† |
— | go dtigtear |
| past | dá dtiginn | dá dtigteá | dá dtigeadh sé, sí | dá dtigimis; dá dtigeadh muid |
dá dtigeadh sibh | dá dtigidís; dá dtigeadh siad |
— | dá dtigtí | |
| imperative | tigim | tig | tigeadh sé, sí | tigimis | tigigí; tigidh† |
tigidís | — | tigtear | |
| verbal noun | tiscint | ||||||||
| past participle | tigthe | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Etymology 3
Pronunciation spelling based on the fact that word-final -igh and -ig are pronounced the same in Munster.
Noun
tig m
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| tig | thig | dtig |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʲiɣʲ/
Noun
tig n
- dative singular of tech
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
Verb
tig
- Future tense of thig
Usage notes
- This is the dependent form, the basic form being thig.