"nig" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: nigs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡ Etymology: Clipping of niggard. Unrelated to nigger. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|niggard}} Clipping of niggard, {{m|en|nigger}} nigger Head templates: {{en-noun}} nig (plural nigs)
  1. (archaic) Niggard. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-nig-en-noun-N9lEuKY2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: nigs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡ Etymology: Clipping of nigger. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|nigger}} Clipping of nigger Head templates: {{en-noun}} nig (plural nigs)
  1. (now offensive, ethnic slur) A nigger. Tags: ethnic, offensive, slur
    Sense id: en-nig-en-noun-2leIaUmO Categories (other): English ethnic slurs
  2. (African-American Vernacular) Clipping of nigga (“friend, fellow black person”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: nigga (extra: friend, fellow black person)
    Sense id: en-nig-en-noun-leUQdCHb Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 1 62 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

Forms: nigs [present, singular, third-person], nigging [participle, present], nigged [participle, past], nigged [past]
Rhymes: -ɪɡ Etymology: Clipping of nigger. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|nigger}} Clipping of nigger Head templates: {{en-verb}} nig (third-person singular simple present nigs, present participle nigging, simple past and past participle nigged)
  1. (Internet slang, ethnic slur, intransitive) To behave as a stereotypical black person. Tags: Internet, ethnic, intransitive, slur Related terms: nig-nog
    Sense id: en-nig-en-verb-9pcWqBLI Categories (other): English ethnic slurs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Northern Kurdish]

IPA: /nɪɡ/
Head templates: {{kmr-noun|m|ar=نگ}} nig m (Arabic spelling نگ) Inflection templates: {{kmr-decl-noun|m}} Forms: نگ [Arabic], no-table-tags [table-tags], nig [definite, masculine, nominative, singular], nig [definite, masculine, nominative, plural], nigê [construct, definite, masculine, singular], nigên [construct, definite, masculine, plural], nigî [definite, masculine, oblique, singular], nigan [definite, masculine, oblique, plural], wî nigî [definite, demonstrative, masculine, oblique, singular], wan nigan [definite, demonstrative, masculine, oblique, plural], nigo [definite, masculine, singular, vocative], nigino [definite, masculine, plural, vocative], nigek [indefinite, masculine, nominative, singular], nigin [indefinite, masculine, nominative, plural], nigekî [construct, indefinite, masculine, singular], nigine [construct, indefinite, masculine, plural], nigekî [indefinite, masculine, oblique, singular], niginan [indefinite, masculine, oblique, plural]
  1. Alternative form of ling (“foot”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, masculine Alternative form of: ling (extra: foot)

Noun [Volapük]

Head templates: {{head|vo|noun|nominative plural|nigs|f1accel-form=nom|p|head=|sort=}} nig (nominative plural nigs), {{vo-noun}} nig (nominative plural nigs) Inflection templates: {{vo-decl-noun}} Forms: nigs [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], nig [nominative, singular], nigs [nominative, plural], niga [genitive, singular], nigas [genitive, plural], nige [dative, singular], niges [dative, plural], nigi [accusative, singular], nigis [accusative, plural], o nig! [singular, vocative], o nigs! [plural, vocative], nigu [predicative, singular], nigus [plural, predicative]
  1. ink Derived forms: nigiär
    Sense id: en-nig-vo-noun-tyi353X3 Categories (other): Volapük entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Yapese]

Head templates: {{head|yap|noun}} nig
  1. fish Categories (lifeform): Fish

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2009, Mary B. Morrison, Maneater, Detroit, M.I. […]: Thorndike Press, page 252",
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        "Niggard."
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        [
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          "niggard"
        ]
      ],
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        "(archaic) Niggard."
      ],
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        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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    }
  ],
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}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪɡ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪɡ/1 syllable"
  ],
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    }
  ],
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      "form": "nigs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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    }
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1925, Dorothy Scarborough, assisted By Ola Lee Quiledge, On The Trail of Negro Folk-Songs-online book. A collection of negro folk songs with lyrics, sheet music & commentaries, Traditionalmusic.co.uk, pages 69–70",
          "text": "Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe,He was de nig dat sarved me so,…",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1959, Don Robertson, The three days",
          "text": "He always thought one step ahead of the nigs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1961, Robert Hale Strong, A Yankee private's Civil War",
          "text": "In a field near the house was a nigger working a poor old broken-down mule and another nigger sowing wheat. When we came up, both nigs quit work and stared at us.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1967, Frank Hercules, I want a black doll",
          "text": "What part did she play in your marrying a nig — a black man — nig, nig — Negro?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A nigger."
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          "slur",
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        ],
        [
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
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        }
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Mary B. Morrison, Maneater, Detroit, M.I. […]: Thorndike Press, page 252",
          "text": "Take Blow, my room dawg and fraternity brother from back in the college days. He's a real smoove nig, curly haired handsome, and got mad chick appeal.",
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        }
      ],
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          "nigga",
          "nigga#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(African-American Vernacular) Clipping of nigga (“friend, fellow black person”)."
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        "abbreviation",
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      ]
    }
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    }
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}

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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "nigged",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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        "intransitive",
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    }
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}

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      "tags": [
        "Arabic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigê",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "nigên",
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        "construct",
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigî",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "nigan",
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wî nigî",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "demonstrative",
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wan nigan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "demonstrative",
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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      "form": "nigino",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigekî",
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        "construct",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigekî",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niginan",
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      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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          "word": "ling"
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        "Northern Kurdish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Northern Kurdish lemmas",
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        "Northern Kurdish links with redundant target parameters",
        "Northern Kurdish masculine nouns",
        "Northern Kurdish nouns",
        "Northern Kurdish terms with IPA pronunciation"
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}

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        "plural"
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nige",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "niges",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "o nig!",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "o nigs!",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "predicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigus",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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  "lang": "Volapük",
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        "Volapük lemmas",
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      ],
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    }
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}

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        "Yapese entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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}
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  "path": [
    "nig"
  ],
  "section": "Northern Kurdish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "nig",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Northern Kurdish]; cleaned text: Construct",
  "path": [
    "nig"
  ],
  "section": "Northern Kurdish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "nig",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Northern Kurdish]; cleaned text: Oblique",
  "path": [
    "nig"
  ],
  "section": "Northern Kurdish",
  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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}

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}

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  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
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    "nig"
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  "subsection": "noun",
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  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
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}

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