different between sig vs nig

English

Etymology 1

A shortened form of signature.

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?g, IPA^(key): /s??/
• Homophone: cig

Noun

sig (plural sigs)

1. (Internet, informal) A signature, especially on emails or newsgroup postings.
   • 2004, Brad Hill, Building Your Business with Google For Dummies (page 48)

     Posting good content is the best way to get people clicking your sig link.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English sige. Cognate with Middle Dutch seic, seike, Middle Low German seyche. Related also to sink (“to fall”).

Noun

sig (uncountable)

1. (Britain, dialectal, dated) Urine.

Anagrams

• GIS, GIs, GSI, IGS, IGs, Igs, gis, igs

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saj/, [s?j]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Rhymes: -i??

Pronoun

sig

1. (reflexive) third-person pronoun

Usage notes

For all other persons (both singular and plural) the personal accusative pronoun is used.

See also

Etymology 2

See sige.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?/, [si??]

Verb

sig

1. imperative of sige

Faroese

Verb

sig

1. imperative singular of siga

Conjugation

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s???/
• Rhymes: -???

Etymology 1

Noun

sig n (genitive singular sigs, nominative plural sig)

1. subsidence, (a sinking of something to a lower level)
2. prolapse, a moving out of place, especially a protrusion of an internal organ

Declension

Synonyms

• (prolapse): framfall

Derived terms

• jarðsig
• sig í bjarg (rappeling down a cliff face)

See also

• síga

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sik.

Alternative forms

• sik (obsolete)

Pronoun

sig

1. (reflexive) accusative third person reflexive pronoun meaning oneself (and also depending on context himself, herself, itself and themselves)

   Hann drap sig.

   He killed himself.

   Hún drap sig.

   She killed herself.

Declension

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sig

1. inflection of siga:
   1. present
   2. imperative

Swedish

Alternative forms

• sej (strongly colloquial)

Etymology

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *se.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?j/
• (Scania) IPA^(key): /saj/
• Homophones: sej, säg
• Rhymes: -?j, -aj

Pronoun

sig

1. reflexive case of han, hon, den, det, de or man; compare himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself

   Antagligen skulle han vilja lära sig jonglera.

   He would probably like to learn how to juggle.

   Hon lärde sig själv.

   She taught herself.

   Skar de sig på knivarna?

   Did they cut themselves on the knives?

Declension

See also

• sig själv sg
• sig själva pl

Western Apache

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-x???t. Cognates include Navajo sid, Mescalero s?h.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s??k]

Noun

sig

1. scar

Usage notes

The form sig in the White Mountain variety; sid occurs in White Mountain and Dilzhe’eh (Tonto); shig occurs in Cibecue; shid occurs in Dilzhe’eh and San Carlos varieties;

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Clipping of niggard. Unrelated to nigger.

Noun

nig (plural nigs)

1. (archaic) niggard

Etymology 2

Clipping of nigger.

Noun

nig (plural nigs)

1. (offensive, ethnic slur) nigger
   • 1961, Robert Hale Strong, A Yankee private's Civil War

     In a field near the house was a nigger working a poor old broken-down mule and another nigger sowing wheat. When we came up, both nigs quit work and stared at us.

Verb

nig (third-person singular simple present nigs, present participle nigging, simple past and past participle nigged)

1. (Internet slang, ethnic slur) to behave as a stereotypical black person

Anagrams

• -ing, -ïng, GNI, IGN, NGI, gin, ing

Volapük

Noun

nig (nominative plural nigs)

1. ink

Declension

Derived terms

• nigiär

Yapese

Noun

nig

1. fish