nigon

English

Alternative forms

• negon, negyn, nygon

Noun

nigon (plural nigons)

1. (obsolete) Niggard, miser. [14th–17th c.]

Anagrams

• Ngoni, ngoni, oning

Old English

Old English numbers ^(edit)

	90
←  8	9	10  →
Cardinal: nigon     Ordinal: nigoþa     Multiplier: nigonfeald

Alternative forms

• nigen, nigan, niogen, nygon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *nigun, an unexplained variant of *neun, from Proto-Germanic *newun, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈni.ɡon/, [ˈni.ɣon]

Numeral

nigon

1. nine

   Nigon sīðum nigon bēoþ ān and hundeahtatiġ.

   Nine times nine is eighty-one.

Descendants

• Middle English: nyne, nine, nin, niȝen, neghen, neyen, nyen, niwon, niȝhenn
  • English: nine
  • Scots: nine, neen
  • Yola: neen

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈnɪɡɔn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈniːɡɔn/, /ˈnɪɡɔn/

Adverb

nigon

1. Nasal mutation of digon (“enough”).

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
digon	ddigon	nigon	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.