Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to thig
Participle: thigged
Gerund: thigging
Indicative
Present
| I | thig |
| you | thig |
| he;she;it | thigs |
| we | thig |
| you | thig |
| they | thig |
Perfect
| I | have thigged |
| you | have thigged |
| he;she;it | has thigged |
| we | have thigged |
| you | have thigged |
| they | have thigged |
Past
| I | thigged |
| you | thigged |
| he;she;it | thigged |
| we | thigged |
| you | thigged |
| they | thigged |
Pluperfect
| I | had thigged |
| you | had thigged |
| he;she;it | had thigged |
| we | had thigged |
| you | had thigged |
| they | had thigged |
Future
| I | will thig |
| you | will thig |
| he;she;it | will thig |
| we | will thig |
| you | will thig |
| they | will thig |
Future Perfect
| I | will have thigged |
| you | will have thigged |
| he;she;it | will have thigged |
| we | will have thigged |
| you | will have thigged |
| they | will have thigged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | thig |
| you | thig |
| he;she;it | thig |
| we | thig |
| you | thig |
| they | thig |
Perfect
| I | have thigged |
| you | have thigged |
| he;she;it | have thigged |
| we | have thigged |
| you | have thigged |
| they | have thigged |
Imperfect
| I | thigged |
| you | thigged |
| he;she;it | thigged |
| we | thigged |
| you | thigged |
| they | thigged |
Pluperfect
| I | had thigged |
| you | had thigged |
| he;she;it | had thigged |
| we | had thigged |
| you | had thigged |
| they | had thigged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would thig |
| you | would thig |
| he;she;it | would thig |
| we | would thig |
| you | would thig |
| they | would thig |
Perfect
| I | would have thigged |
| you | would have thigged |
| he;she;it | would have thigged |
| we | would have thigged |
| you | would have thigged |
| they | would have thigged |
Imperative
| you | thig |
| we | Let's thig |
| you | thig |
Verbs conjugated like 'thig'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'thig'
chig,
thin,
thing,
thug,
trig,
twig,
whig,
big,
chib,
chin,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 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”).
2. 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”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*þigjaną', Middle High German '
digen', German, old spelling '
digen', Swedish '
tigga', Icelandic '
þiggja'.
Sample Sentences
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This is not second clothing. This cloth is not thigged. [1800, Alexander Carmichael, Carmina Gadelica:]
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"I'll go and the thigged wool demand
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From the good ladies of the land. […]" [1912, Duncan Macintyre, George Calder, Gaelic songs of Duncan MacIntyre, page 227:]