Define:Big

Scots

Birds biggin a nest

A wasp biggin a byke

Etymologie

Frae Auld Norse byggja (“bide in, big”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^{(Whit's this?)}: /bɪg/^[1]

Spellin variants

big
bigg

Verb

big (third-person singular simple present bigs, present participle biggin, simple past biggit or bug, past participle biggit or buggen)

[1] (transitive) tae construct a structur sic as a biggin or a brig

(Doric) The magistrates biggit three gibbets, ane at Brig o Dee, ane at the merket cross, tither at the herbor.

— Sheena Blackhall: A Fettercairn Loon^[2]

[2] (transitive, anent birds) tae pit thegither a nest redd up fur tae hatch eggs

[3] (transitive, anent insects) tae pit thegither a byke

The bumbees bug their byke in ma shed.

[4] (transitive) tae dae a fire

[5] (transitive) tae stack hay etc. on ilka-aither

Conjugation

Conjugation o big
Infinite forms
infinitive	(fir tae) big
present participle	biggin
past participle	biggit, buggen^[3]
Finite forms
		simple present	narrative present	simple past
first-person singular	A	big, bigs^{[N 1]}	bigs	biggit, bug^[3]
seicont-person singular	ye/you	big, bigs^{[N 1]}
seicont-person sg. intimate^{[N 2]}	du/thoo	bigs
third-person singular	he/she/(h)it	bigs
first-person plural	we	big, bigs^{[N 1]}
seicont-person plural	yese/youse
seicont-person pl. collective^{[N 3]}	awyese/awyouse
third-person plural	thay	big, bigs^{[N 1]}
↑ ^a ^b ^c Gin the Northern Subject Rule is uised. ↑ Intimate form uised in Shetland (du) an Orkney (thoo). ↑ Awyese/awyouse is fur whan ye'r referin tae a hale collective o fowk insteid o multiple fowk individual-like. For exemple, askin "Are yese awa?" will gie ye different repones fae different fowk, whaur "Are awyese awa?" will git ye ae repone fae somebody representin 'e hale boorach.

Derived terms

big on
big tee
big up
biggin

In ither leids

Scots Gaelic: togalachd
German: bauen
Inglis: build, construct
Italian: costruire

References

↑ ^a ^b "big(g)". Dictionar o the Scots Leid (in Inglis). Retrieved 10 October 2020.
↑ Sheena Blackhall. "A Fettercairn Loon". Varsity o Aiberdeen, The Elphinstone Institute. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
↑ ^a ^b "Verbs". www.scots-online.org - Wir Ain Leed (in Inglis). Retrieved 10 October 2020.

[NSR-4] Gin the Northern Subject Rule is uised.

[5] Intimate form uised in Shetland (du) an Orkney (thoo).

[6] Awyese/awyouse is fur whan ye'r referin tae a hale collective o fowk insteid o multiple fowk individual-like.
For exemple, askin "Are yese awa?" will gie ye different repones fae different fowk, whaur "Are awyese awa?" will git ye ae repone fae somebody representin 'e hale boorach.

[DSL_-_Big1-1] "big(g)". Dictionar o the Scots Leid (in Inglis). Retrieved 10 October 2020.

[2] Sheena Blackhall. "A Fettercairn Loon". Varsity o Aiberdeen, The Elphinstone Institute. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

[scots-online-verbs-3] "Verbs". www.scots-online.org - Wir Ain Leed (in Inglis). Retrieved 10 October 2020.

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