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tigna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From tign (majesty, grandeur) + -a.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to honour [with accusative]
    Synonyms: heiðra, sæma
  2. to worship [with accusative]
    Synonyms: dýrka, tilbiðja

Conjugation

More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information strong declension (sterk beyging), singular (eintala) ...
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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

More information infinitive, present participle ...
More information infinitive, present participle ...

Descendants

  • Icelandic: tigna

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “tigna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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