tign

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tign.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʰɪkn/
    Rhymes: -ɪkn

Noun

tign f (genitive singular tignar, plural tignir)

  1. dignity
  2. rank; rate

Declension
Declension of tign
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tign tignin tignir tignirnar
accusative tign tignina tignir tignirnar
dative tign tignini tignum tignunum
genitive tignar tignarinnar tigna tignanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tign.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʰɪkn/
    Rhymes: -ɪkn

Noun

tign f (genitive singular tignar, nominative plural tignir)

  1. grace, majesty
  2. rank (level of authority or dignity)

Declension
declension of tign
f-s2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tign tignin tignir tignirnar
accusative tign tignina tignir tignirnar
dative tign tigninni tignum tignunum
genitive tignar tignarinnar tigna tignanna

Old Norse

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”). See also teigr (“province, distinct portion of land”).[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

tign f

  1. state, highness, honour

Descendants
  • Icelandic: tign
  • Faroese: tign

References
  • “tign”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “188-89”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 188-89
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