different between thig vs whig

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: hw?g, IPA^(key): /???/

Rhymes: -??

• Homophones: Whig, wig (in dialects with the wine-whine merger)

Etymology 1

Probably related to whey.

Noun

whig (plural whigs)

1. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage.
2. buttermilk

Etymology 2

Compare frig, jig

Verb

whig (third-person singular simple present whigs, present participle whigging, simple past and past participle whigged)

1. (transitive) Urge forward; drive briskly.
2. (intransitive) Jog along; move or work briskly.
3. (transitive) Weird out or disturb someone.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English whig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wi?/

Noun

whig m (plural whigs)

1. Whig

Further reading

• “whig” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English whig.

Adjective

whig (invariable)

1. (relational) Whig

Noun

whig m (invariable)

1. Whig