different between thig vs thigh

English

Etymology

From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þi??an (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), from Proto-Germanic *þigjan? (“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”), Welsh teg (“fair, beautiful, cute”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

• thigger
• thigster

Anagrams

• ghit, gith, ight, tigh

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??/

Noun

thig

1. Lenited form of tig.

Verb 1

thig

1. Cois Fharraige form of thuig

Verb 2

thig

1. (nonstandard) present indicative of tar

Further reading

• "thig" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “thig” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “thig” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i??/

Noun

thig

1. Lenited form of tig.

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hik?/

Verb

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

1. come

Usage notes

• The dependent form of the future tense is tig.

Conjugation

Participles

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• “thig” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• “thig” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.
• “thig” in R. A. Armstrong, A Gaelic Dictionary, in Two Parts, London, 1825, ?OCLC, page 672.
• “thig” in LearnGaelic - Dictionary.

English

Etymology

From Middle English thigh, thegh, thi?, the?he, þigh, þy?h, from Old English þ?oh, þ?oh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuh? (compare West Frisian tsjea, Dutch dij, Middle High German diech, Icelandic þjó), from Proto-Indo-European *tewk- (compare Irish tóin (“hind, rump”), Lithuanian táukas (“fat”), Russian ??? (tuk, “animal fat”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Noun

thigh (plural thighs)

1. The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee. [from 8th c.]
   • c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet:

     I coniure thee by Rosalines bright eyes, By her High forehead, and her Scarlet lip, By her Fine foote, Straight leg, and Quiuering thigh, And the Demeanes, that there Adiacent lie, That in thy likenesse thou appeare to vs.

   • 1800, Jane Austen, letter, 8 Nov 1800:

     About ten days ago, in cocking a pistol in the guard-room at Marcau, he accidentally shot himself through the Thigh.

   • 1991, Kathy Lette, The Llama Parlour:

     ‘Why not pay up now, kiddo?’ he suggested magnanimously, patting me on the thigh.

   • 2011, The Guardian, 31 Mar 2011:

     The 23-year-old was substituted in the 75th minute of France's goalless friendly draw with Croatia on Tuesday after suffering an injury to his thigh.

2. That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect. [from 14th c.]
   • 2009, Fred Thompson, Grillin' with Gas:

     Add the chicken thighs, close the bag, and squish the marinade to coat the chicken.

   • 2011, Ian Sample, The Guardian, 23 Feb 2011:

     The newly discovered dinosaur Brontomerus mcintoshi may have used its huge muscular thighs to kick predators and rivals.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Hight, hight

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /h??/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /hi?/

Noun

thigh

1. Lenited form of tigh.

Middle English

Noun

thigh (plural thighes)

1. Alternative spelling of þigh (“thigh”)