míga

See also: miga, migá, Miga, and MIGA

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse míga, from Proto-Germanic *mīganą, from Proto-Indo-European *meiǵʰ- (“to urinate”).

Verb

míga (third person singular past indicative meig, third person plural past indicative migu, supine migið)

1. to pee

Conjugation

Conjugation of míga (group v-35)

infinitive	míga
supine	migið
	present	past
first singular	mígi	meig
second singular	mígur	meigst
third singular	mígur	meig
plural	míga	migu
participle (a26)1	mígandi	migin
	imperative
singular	míg!
plural	mígið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Synonyms

See also: vatn

• kasta sær av vatninum
• vatna sær
• pissa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse míga, from Proto-Germanic *mīganą, from Proto-Indo-European *meiǵʰ- (“to urinate”). Cognate with Old English mīgan; Latin mingo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmiːɣa/
• Rhymes: -iːɣa

Verb

míga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative meig, third-person plural past indicative migu, supine migið)

1. (vulgar) to piss

   Synonyms: hlanda (very vulgar), pissa (“to pee”), kasta vatni (euphemistic)

Conjugation

míga – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að míga
supine sagnbót		migið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		mígandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	míg	meig / mé		mígi	migi
	þú	mígur	meigst / mést		mígir	migir
	hann, hún, það	mígur	meig / mé		mígi	migi
plural	við	mígum	migum		mígum	migjum
	þið	mígið	miguð		mígið	migjuð
	þeir, þær, þau	míga	migu		mígi	migju
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	míg (þú), mígðu
plural	þið	mígið (þið), mígiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

miginn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	miginn	migin	migið	mignir	mignar	migin
accusative (þolfall)	miginn	migna	migið	migna	mignar	migin
dative (þágufall)	mignum	miginni	mignu	mignum	mignum	mignum
genitive (eignarfall)	migins	miginnar	migins	miginna	miginna	miginna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	migni	migna	migna	mignu	mignu	mignu
accusative (þolfall)	migna	mignu	migna	mignu	mignu	mignu
dative (þágufall)	migna	mignu	migna	mignu	mignu	mignu
genitive (eignarfall)	migna	mignu	migna	mignu	mignu	mignu

Note: the past forms mé, mést are much less common than meig, meigst.

Derived terms

• mígandi rigning/vera mígandi rigning (“raining cats and dogs”)
• mígandi fullur (“pissed, pissed to the gills, pissed as a newt”)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mīganą.

Verb

míga (singular past indicative meig, plural past indicative migu, past participle miginn)

1. (intransitive) to piss

Conjugation

Conjugation of míga — active (strong class 1)

infinitive	míga
present participle	mígandi
past participle	miginn
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	míg	meig		míga	miga
2nd person singular	mígr	meigt		mígir	migir
3rd person singular	mígr	meig		mígi	migi
1st person plural	mígum	migum		mígim	migim
2nd person plural	mígið	miguð		mígið	migið
3rd person plural	míga	migu		mígi	migi
imperative	present
2nd person singular	míg
1st person plural	mígum
2nd person plural	mígið

Conjugation of míga — mediopassive (strong class 1)

infinitive	mígask
present participle	mígandisk
past participle	migizk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	mígumk	migumk		mígumk	migumk
2nd person singular	mígsk	meigzk		mígisk	migisk
3rd person singular	mígsk	meigsk		mígisk	migisk
1st person plural	mígumsk	migumsk		mígimsk	migimsk
2nd person plural	mígizk	miguzk		mígizk	migizk
3rd person plural	mígask	migusk		mígisk	migisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	mígsk
1st person plural	mígumsk
2nd person plural	mígizk

Descendants

• Icelandic: míga
• Faroese: míga
• Norwegian Nynorsk: miga, mige (e and split infinitives)
• Norwegian Bokmål: mige
• Old Swedish: migha
  • Swedish: miga
• Old Danish: mighæ
  • Danish: mige

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “míga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 300; also available at the Internet Archive