thig
thig verb: to solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.
Verb
thig (third-person singular simple present thigs, present participle thigging, simple past and past participle thigged)
- To solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.
- This is not second clothing. This cloth is not thigged.1800, Alexander Carmichael, Carmina Gadelica
- To beg, borrow; cadge.
- To profit by or live on the gifts of others.
- To take alms.
- To beseech; supplicate; implore.
- To crave; seek (a favour).
- "I'll go and the thigged wool demand
From the good ladies of the land. […]"1912, Duncan Macintyre, George Calder, Gaelic songs of Duncan MacIntyre, page 227
- "I'll go and the thigged wool demand
Forms of thig
| third-person singular present | thigs |
|---|---|
| present participle | thigging |
| past participle | thigged |
| past | thigged |
| alternative Scotland | theg |
Origin of thig
From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þiċġan (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiggjan, from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną (“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”).
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Questions about thig
- What does thig mean?
- Thig means to solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.
- What part of speech is thig?
- Thig is a verb.
- What is the past tense of thig?
- The past tense of thig is thigged.
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