different between tig vs stig
tig
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- tyg
Noun
tig (plural tigs)
- (historical) A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.
Etymology 2
Noun
tig (uncountable)
- (Ireland) The children's game of tag.
- 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
Anagrams
- GTi, IGT, git
Cebuano
Etymology
From tig-.
Noun
tig
- (often humorous, derogatory) a gofer; a worker who runs errands
Dutch
Etymology
From the suffix -tig used to form multiples of ten.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?x
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!
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French tigre (“tiger”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti?/
Noun
tig
- tiger
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t???/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish ·ticc, prototonic form of do·icc (“comes”).
Verb
tig
- Alternative form of tagann, the present indicative analytic of tar
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
Etymology 3
Pronunciation spelling based on the fact that word-final -igh and -ig are pronounced the same in Munster.
Noun
tig m
- Munster spelling of tigh (“house”)
Mutation
Livonian
Etymology
Related to Estonian tige.
Adjective
tig
- angry
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?i??/
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the main entry.
Alternative forms
- taig
Noun
tig n
- dative singular of tech
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Adjective
tig
- genitive singular masculine/neuter of tiug
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic
Verb
tig
- future of thig
Usage notes
- This is the dependent form, the basic form being thig.
Swedish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -i??
Verb
tig
- imperative of tiga.
tig From the web:
- what tigers eat
- what tightens skin
- what tiger
- what tigers are extinct
- what tightens the virgina
- what tightens skin naturally
- what tigers are endangered
- what tightens skin on face
stig
English
Etymology
Believed to have originated from the eponymous character in the book Stig of the Dump (Clive King, Puffin, 1963, ?ISBN.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st??/
Noun
stig (plural stigs)
- (Britain, derogatory) Someone from a poor background, with poor dress sense.
Synonyms
See chav.
Anagrams
- GTis, ISTG, gist, gits, tigs
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sti?j/
Noun
stig n (genitive singular stigs, plural stig)
- pace
- stair, rung
- (dance) step
- niveau, level
- degree (Celsius etc.)
- (sports) score
Declension
Synonyms
- (pace): fet, fótafet, gongd
- (dancing step): stev, fótastig
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st???/
- Rhymes: -???
Noun
stig n (genitive singular stigs, nominative plural stig)
- level
- degree
- stage
- point (unit of scoring in a game or competition)
- (baseball, cricket) run
Declension
Synonyms
- (level): staða
- (degree): gráða
- (stage): áfangi
Derived terms
- á þessu stigi, á þessu stigi málsins
- á háu stigi
- öryggisstig (security level)
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
stig
- imperative of stige
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse stígr.
Noun
stig m (definite singular stigen, indefinite plural stigar, definite plural stigane)
- alternative form of sti
Etymology 2
Verb
stig
- present tense of stige
- imperative of stige
Etymology 3
Noun
stìg n (definite singular stìget, indefinite plural stìg, definite plural stìgi)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 1917; superseded by steg
References
- “stig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *st?g?, from *st?gan? (“climb”) ( > Old English st?gan). Cognate with Middle Dutch stige, Old High German stiga. A masculine Germanic variant *st?gaz is indicated by Old High German stic (German Steig), Old Norse stígr (Swedish stig).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sti?j/
Noun
st?? f (nominative plural st??a or st??e)
- path (especially steep or narrow)
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: sty
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *stij?. Cognate with Old Norse stí (Danish sti).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stij/
Noun
sti? n (nominative plural sti?)
- hall, building, sty
Declension
Derived terms
- st?gweard (“steward”)
Descendants
- Middle English: sty
- English: sty
Old Norse
Etymology
Related to stíga.
Noun
stig n
- step, pace
- step (of a ladder)
- (plural only) degree, rank
Declension
Descendants
- Icelandic: stig
- Norwegian Nynorsk: steg
- Norwegian Bokmål: steg
References
- stig in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sti??/
- Rhymes: -i??
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish st?gher, from Old Norse stígr, from Proto-Germanic *st?gu- or Proto-Germanic *st?gi-.Cognate with Danish sti and German Steig.Related to Swedish stiga.See also Old English stig.
Noun
stig c
- path, trail
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
stig
- imperative of stiga.
Anagrams
- tigs
stig From the web:
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- what stigma is associated with mental illness
- what stigmas do elderly face
- what stigma is associated with depression
- what stigma is associated with tvet colleges
- what's stigma in eye
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