tige

See also: tǐgé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French tige (“stem”), from Latin tibia (“shin bone, leg”). Doublet of tibia.

Noun

tige (plural tiges)

  1. (firearms, historical) A steel pin in early rifles.

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology

Related to Livonian tig. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

tige (genitive tigeda, partitive tigedat, comparative tigedam, superlative kõige tigedam or tigedaim)

  1. angry

Declension
Declension of tige (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tige tigedad
accusative nom.
gen. tigeda
genitive tigedate
partitive tigedat tigedaid
illative tigedasse tigedatesse
tigedaisse
inessive tigedas tigedates
tigedais
elative tigedast tigedatest
tigedaist
allative tigedale tigedatele
tigedaile
adessive tigedal tigedatel
tigedail
ablative tigedalt tigedatelt
tigedailt
translative tigedaks tigedateks
tigedaiks
terminative tigedani tigedateni
essive tigedana tigedatena
abessive tigedata tigedateta
comitative tigedaga tigedatega

Further reading
  • “tige”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tige, from Latin tībia. Compare the borrowed doublet tibia (“shin”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tiʒ/
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Noun

tige f (plural tiges)

  1. (botany) stem (of a plant etc.)
  2. sapling
  3. shank
  4. (dated) ciggie, cig, fag, smoke

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Catalan: tija

Further reading

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲɪɟɪ/

Verb

tige

  1. (Ulster, parts of Munster) Alternative form of taga, the present subjunctive analytic of tar.

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tige thige dtige
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Malay

Numeral

tige

  1. (Kuala Lumpur) three, 3

Old Irish

Alternative forms
  • taige

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲiɣʲe/

Noun

tige n

  1. inflection of tech:
    1. genitive singular
    2. genitive dual
    3. nominative/vocative/accusative and genitive plural

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
tige thige tige
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Swedish

Verb

tige

  1. (archaic) present subjunctive of tiga

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtiːɣə/

Adjective

tige

  1. much, many

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading
  • “tige”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Adverb

tige

  1. much, very
    Tige tank! ― Thank you very much!

Further reading
  • “tige”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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