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

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að míga
supine (sagnbót)		migið
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		mígandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég míg	við mígum	present (nútíð)	ég mígi	við mígum
	þú mígur	þið mígið		þú mígir	þið mígið
	hann, hún, það mígur	þeir, þær, þau míga		hann, hún, það mígi	þeir, þær, þau mígi
past (þátíð)	ég meig / mé	við migum	past (þátíð)	ég migi	við migjum
	þú meigst / mést	þið miguð		þú migir	þið migjuð
	hann, hún, það meig / mé	þeir, þær, þau migu		hann, hún, það migi	þeir, þær, þau migju
imperative (boðháttur)	míg (þú)	mígið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	mígðu	mígiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

míga — active voice (germynd)

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

miginn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

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

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

Conjugation of míga — active (strong class 1)

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

Conjugation of míga — mediopassive (strong class 1)

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