tyg
English
Noun
tyg (plural tygs)
- Alternative form of tig (drinking cup)
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtˢyɡ̊]
- Homophone: tyk
Verb
tyg
- imperative of tygge
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish tygh‚ from Old Norse tygi, from Middle Low German tüg (“things, gear, equipment, garment”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tyːɡ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -yːɡ
Noun
tyg n
- cloth, textile, fabric
- (dated) gear, equipment (especially for the armed forces)
- (in some compounds) undesirable behavior
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | tyg | tygs |
| definite | tyget | tygets | |
| plural | indefinite | tyger | tygers |
| definite | tygerna | tygernas |
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | tyg | tygs |
| definite | tyget | tygets | |
| plural | indefinite | tyg | tygs |
| definite | tygen | tygens |
Related terms
- bomullstyg
- flytetyg
- jeanstyg
- sidentyg
- skrivtyg
- tygaffär
- tygbit
- tygmästare
- tygrulle
- verktyg
See also
Further reading
- tyg in Svensk ordbok.
- tyg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)