pigg

See also: Pigg, PIgG, and pIgG

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɪɡ/
  • Homophone: pig

Noun

pigg (plural piggs)

  1. A piggin.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pigg”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse pík f.

Noun

pigg m (definite singular piggen, indefinite plural pigger, definite plural piggene)

  1. a spike
  2. a stud (e.g. on a studded tyre)
  3. a spine or quill (on an animal)
  4. a barb (on barbed wire)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse pík f.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɪɡː/

Noun

pigg m (definite singular piggen, indefinite plural piggar, definite plural piggane)

  1. a spike
  2. a stud (e.g. on a studded tyre)
  3. a spine or quill (on an animal)
  4. a barb (on barbed wire)

Derived terms

References

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɪɡː/
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Etymology 1

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Adjective

pigg (comparative piggare, superlative piggast)

  1. alert, sharp (especially as opposed to drowsy)
    Synonyms: alert, vaken, livlig
    Är du pigg än?
    Have you woken up yet?
  2. lively, spirited (especially despite old age)
    Synonyms: livfull, frejdig
  3. dapper, peppy
Declension
Inflection of pigg
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular pigg piggare piggast
Neuter singular piggt piggare piggast
Plural pigga piggare piggast
Masculine plural3 pigge piggare piggast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 pigge piggare piggaste
All pigga piggare piggaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish pigger, perhaps from Old Norse píkr (“nail, spike”). Cognate with Danish pig. Related also to Swedish pik and Old Norse pík.

Noun

pigg c

  1. a spike
  2. a spine or quill (on an animal)
  3. a tooth (on a gear)
Declension
Declension of pigg 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative pigg piggen piggar piggarna
Genitive piggs piggens piggars piggarnas

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