From en.wiktionary.org:
[Pigg]
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Etymology
[en]. Perhaps from [en], due to the shape. Compare also [enm], from [enm].
More at [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A [en] .
2. * [passage=lying useless here in this auld PIGG]
[Webster 1913]
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Etymology
From [nb].
*** Noun
[nb-noun-m1]
1. a spike
2. a stud [e.g. on a studded tyre]
3. a spine or quill [on an animal]
4. a barb [on barbed wire]
**** Derived terms
- [nb]
- [nb]
- [nb]
- [nb]
*** References
- [R:The Bokmål Dictionary]
** Norwegian Nynorsk
*** Etymology
From [nn].
*** Pronunciation
- [no]
*** Noun
[nn-noun-m1]
1. a spike
2. a stud [e.g. on a studded tyre]
3. a spine or quill [on an animal]
4. a barb [on barbed wire]
**** Derived terms
- [nn]
- [nn]
- [nn]
*** References
- [R:The Nynorsk Dictionary]
** Swedish
*** Pronunciation
- [sv]
- [sv]
- [sv]
*** Etymology 1
[sv]
**** Adjective
[sv-adj]
1. alert , fresh (often after sleeping, as opposed to drowsy)
1. healthy
2. lively , active
1. spry
2. [sv] up for , keen on (wanting)
***** Usage notes
The contemporary intuition of native speakers is that the basic meaning of
_pigg_ is _alert_ in the sense of not drowsy, lethargic, or the like. Other
senses are intuitively by idiomatic implication – calling old people and pups
"alert" in that sense instead of "spry" or "lively," etc.
***** Declension
[sv-adj-reg]
***** Derived terms
{{col|sv |Musse Pigg<t:Mickey Mouse> |morgonpigg |pigga upp<t:cheer up,
stimulate> |pigg som en lärka |pigg som en mört |piggna till<t:become alert>
}}
***** See also
- [sv]
- [sv]
*** Etymology 2
From [sv], perhaps from [sv]. Cognate with [da]. Related also to [sv] and
[non].
**** Noun
[c]
1. a (small) spike
2. a spine , a thorn , a quill
***** Usage notes
- Sometimes used of pins on power plugs, pin headers, and the like, though [sv] is considered more proper.
- Also sometimes used of for example small teeth ( [sv] ) on gears, "pins" on brushes (which might be called for example _metallborst_ (metal bristles) instead), and studs on Lego bricks (officially [sv] ). Might sometimes be a catchall when unable to think of a better term for a small spike or pin.
***** Declension
[sv-infl-noun-c-ar]
***** See also
- [sv]
*** References
- [so]
- [saol]
- [saob]
[sv]