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Webster 1828 Edition


Tige

TIGE

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Noun.
The shaft of a column from the astragal to the capital.

Definition 2024


tige

tige

See also: tǐgé

English

Noun

tige (plural tiges)

  1. A steel pin in early rifles.

French

Etymology

From Latin tībia. Compare the borrowed doublet tibia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiʒ/

Noun

tige f (plural tiges)

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

Derived terms

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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.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • taige

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʲiɣʲe/

Noun

tige n

  1. genitive singular of tech
  2. genitive dual of tech
  3. nominative plural of tech
  4. vocative plural of tech
  5. accusative plural of tech
  6. genitive plural of tech

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
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.

West Frisian

Adjective

tige

  1. much, many

Adverb

tige

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