"nig" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: nigs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡ Etymology: From Middle English nig, probably of Scandinavian origin; see niggard. Unrelated to nigger. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|nig}} Middle English nig, {{sup|1}} ¹ 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. (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, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 1 64 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 15 3 63 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 2 65 23
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 [nominative, singular], nig [nominative, plural], nigê [construct, singular], nigên [construct, plural], nigî [oblique, singular], nigan [oblique, plural], wî nigî [error-unrecognized-form, singular], wan nigan [error-unrecognized-form, plural], nigo [singular, vocative], nigino [plural, vocative], nigek [nominative, singular], nigin [nominative, plural], nigekî [construct, singular], nigine [construct, plural], nigekî [oblique, singular], niginan [oblique, plural]
  1. Alternative form of ling (“foot”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, masculine Alternative form of: ling (extra: foot)

Verb [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|verb form}} nig
  1. imperative of niga Tags: form-of, imperative Form of: niga
    Sense id: en-nig-sv-verb-qDV3PuIC Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

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) 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): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Volapük entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Yapese]

Head templates: {{head|yap|noun}} nig
  1. fish Categories (lifeform): Fish
    Sense id: en-nig-yap-noun-tHSpmicF Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Yapese entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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}
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "(archaic) Niggard."
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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,\nHe was de nig dat sarved me so,…",
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        {
          "ref": "1959, Don Robertson, The three days:",
          "text": "He always thought one step ahead of the nigs.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A nigger."
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          "ref": "2009, Mary B. Morrison, Maneater, Detroit, M.I. […]: Thorndike Press, →ISBN, 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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      "form": "nigged",
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        "participle",
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}

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      "tags": [
        "Arabic"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "kmr-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "nig",
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        "nominative",
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        "construct",
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        "construct",
        "plural"
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wî nigî",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wan nigan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "nigine",
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      "tags": [
        "construct",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nigekî",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "niginan",
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        "oblique",
        "plural"
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    }
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        "ar": "نگ"
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    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
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        "Northern Kurdish lemmas",
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        "Pages with entries"
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    {
      "ipa": "/nɪɡ/"
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}

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    }
  ],
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        "Pages with 5 entries",
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          "niga#Swedish"
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}

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      "word": "nigiär"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "table-tags"
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    {
      "form": "nig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nigs",
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "nigas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nige",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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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",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "predicative"
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      "expansion": "nig (nominative plural nigs)",
      "name": "head"
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "vo",
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      "categories": [
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        "Volapük entries with incorrect language header",
        "Volapük lemmas",
        "Volapük nouns"
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    }
  ],
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}

{
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      "args": {
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yapese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yapese lemmas",
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          "fish"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'demonstrative oblique'",
  "path": [
    "nig"
  ],
  "section": "Northern Kurdish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "nig",
  "trace": ""
}

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