sig

English Online Dictionary. What means sig‎? What does sig mean?

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭg, IPA^(key): /sɪɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɪɡ
• Homophone: cig

Etymology 1

Clipping of signature.

Noun

sig (plural sigs)

2. (Internet, informal) A signature, especially one on emails or newsgroup postings.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of signify (“to boast, brag, insult”).

Verb

sig (third-person singular simple present sigs, present participle sigging, simple past and past participle sigged)

2. (intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To good-naturedly make fun of someone; to signify.

   Synonyms: banter, (AAVE) jone

See also

Etymology 3

Clipping of sigma.

Noun

sig (plural sigs)

2. (university slang) Sigma (in the names of Greek-letter organizations).

Derived terms

Etymology 4

From Middle English sige. Cognate with Middle Dutch seic, seike, Middle Low German seyche. Related also to sink (“to fall”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Alternative forms

• zigg

Noun

sig (uncountable)

2. (UK, dialectal, dated) Urine.

References

Further reading

• “sig, n.¹”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “sig, n.²”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

• GIS, GIs, GSI, IGS, IGs, Igs, gi's, gis, igs

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saj/, [sɑj]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Rhymes: -iːˀ

Pronoun

sig

1. (reflexive pronoun) third-person pronoun

Usage notes

For all other persons (both singular and plural) the personal accusative pronoun is used.

See also

Etymology 2

See sige.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siː/, [siːˀ]

Verb

sig

1. imperative of sige

Faroese

Verb

sig

1. imperative singular of siga

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪːɣ/
• Rhymes: -ɪːɣ

Etymology 1

Noun

sig n (genitive singular sigs, nominative plural sig)

1. subsidence, (a sinking of something to a lower level)
2. prolapse, a moving out of place, especially a protrusion of an internal organ

   Synonym: framfall

Declension

Derived terms

• jarðsig
• sig í bjarg (“rappeling down a cliff face”)}

See also

• síga

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sik.

Alternative forms

• sik (obsolete)

Pronoun

sig (genitive singular sín, no plural)

1. (reflexive pronoun) accusative third person reflexive pronoun meaning oneself (and also depending on context himself, herself, itself and themselves)

Declension

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sig

1. inflection of siga:
   1. present
   2. imperative

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːj/

Verb

sīġ

1. Alternative form of sīe

Sumerian

Romanization

sig

1. Romanization of 𒋝 (sig)

Swedish

Alternative forms

• sej (strongly colloquial)

Etymology

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *se.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛj/
• (Scania) IPA^(key): /saj/
• Homophones: sej, säg
• Rhymes: -ɛj, -aj

Pronoun

sig

1. reflexive case of han, hon, den, det, de or man; compare himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself

Declension

See also

• sig själv sg
• sig själva pl

Western Apache

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-x̯ɑ̓t. Cognates include Navajo sid, Mescalero sįh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɪ̀k]

Noun

sig

1. scar

Usage notes

The form sig in the White Mountain variety; sid occurs in White Mountain and Dilzhe’eh (Tonto); shig occurs in Cibecue; shid occurs in Dilzhe’eh and San Carlos varieties;