míga

See also: miga

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse míga, from Proto-Germanic *mīganą, from Proto-Indo-European *meiǵʰ- (to urinate).

Verb

míga (third person singular past indicative meig, third person plural past indicative migu, supine migið)

  1. to pee

Conjugation

Conjugation of míga (group v-35)
infinitive míga
supine migið
participle (a26)1 mígandi migin
present past
first singular mígi meig
second singular mígur meigst
third singular mígur meig
plural míga migu
imperative
singular míg!
plural mígið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

See also: vatn

  • kasta sær av vatninum
  • vatna sær
  • pissa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse míga, from Proto-Germanic *mīganą, from Proto-Indo-European *meiǵʰ- (to urinate). Cognate with Old English mīgan; Latin mingo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmiːɣa/
  • Rhymes: -iːɣa

Verb

míga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative meig, third-person plural past indicative migu, supine migið)

  1. (vulgar) to piss

Conjugation

Note: the past forms , mést are much less common than meig, meigst.

Synonyms

  • (to piss): hlanda (vulgar), pissa (less objectionable), kasta vatni (a strong euphemism)

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mīganą.

Verb

míga (singular past indicative meig, plural past indicative migu, past participle miginn)

  1. (intransitive) to piss

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: míga
  • Faroese: míga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: miga, mige
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mige
  • Old Swedish: migha
  • Old Danish: mighæ

References

  • míga in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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