tigna

Icelandic

Etymology

From tign (majesty, grandeur) + -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰɪkna/
  • Rhymes: -ɪkna

Verb

tigna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tignaði, supine tignað)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to honour
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to worship

Conjugation

Synonyms

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tinea.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiɲ.ɲa/
  • Rhymes: -iɲɲa
  • Hyphenation: tì‧gna

Noun

tigna f (plural tigne)

  1. ringworm

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

tigna n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of tignum (building stuff, lumber, tree trunk, beam)

Old Norse

Adjective

tigna

  1. inflection of tiginn:
    1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular
    2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural
    3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular
    4. positive degree weak feminine nominative singular
    5. positive degree weak neuter singular

Noun

tigna

  1. indefinite genitive plural of tign

Verb

tigna

  1. to honour, worship
  2. (reflexive) be exalted, glorified

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: tigna

References

  • tigna”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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