Tigris

From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), an alternative form of Τίγρης (Tígrēs), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (Idiglat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (Idigna, literally “fast as an arrow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪɡɹɪs/

the Tigris

2. A river in Southwest Asia flowing 1,150 miles east-southeast from the Armenian Highland in Turkey through Iraq. It forms the eastern edge of classical Mesopotamia. It unites with the Euphrates River to form the Shatt al-Arab before flowing into the Persian Gulf.

• Mesopotamia
• Euphrates

From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), an alternative form of Τίγρης (Tígrēs), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^ÍDIdiqlat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^ÍDIdigna, ^ÍDIdigina, literally “fast as an arrow”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈti.ɣɾis]

Tigris m

1. Tigris (a river in the Middle East)

• Eufrates

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɪɡrɪs]
• Hyphenation: Ti‧g‧ris

Tigris m inan

1. Tigris

From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡris/, [ˈt̪iɡris̠]
• Rhymes: -iɡris
• Hyphenation^(key): Tig‧ris

Tigris

1. Tigris

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Tigris m (proper noun, strong, genitive Tigris)

1. Tigris (a major river in Turkey and Iraq in Mesopotamia)

• IPA^(key): [ˈtiɡriʃ]
• Hyphenation: Tig‧ris
• Rhymes: -iʃ

Tigris

1. Tigris

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Tigris	Tigrisek
accusative	Tigrist	Tigriseket
dative	Tigrisnek	Tigriseknek
instrumental	Tigrissel	Tigrisekkel
causal-final	Tigrisért	Tigrisekért
translative	Tigrissé	Tigrisekké
terminative	Tigrisig	Tigrisekig
essive-formal	Tigrisként	Tigrisekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Tigrisben	Tigrisekben
superessive	Tigrisen	Tigriseken
adessive	Tigrisnél	Tigriseknél
illative	Tigrisbe	Tigrisekbe
sublative	Tigrisre	Tigrisekre
allative	Tigrishez	Tigrisekhez
elative	Tigrisből	Tigrisekből
delative	Tigrisről	Tigrisekről
ablative	Tigristől	Tigrisektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	Tigrisé	Tigriseké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Tigriséi	Tigrisekéi

Possessive forms of Tigris
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Tigrisem	Tigriseim
2nd person sing.	Tigrised	Tigriseid
3rd person sing.	Tigrise	Tigrisei
1st person plural	Tigrisünk	Tigriseink
2nd person plural	Tigrisetek	Tigriseitek
3rd person plural	Tigrisük	Tigriseik

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ɡris/, [ˈt̪ɪɡrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈti.ɡris/, [ˈt̪iːɡris]

Tigris m sg (genitive Tigridis); third declension

1. Tigris (a river in Asia)

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -in, ablative singular in -e or -ī), singular only.

All borrowings:

• English: Tigris
• Italian: Tigri
• Old Galician-Portuguese: Tigre
  • Galician: Tigris
  • Portuguese: Tigre, Tígris

• tigris

• “Tigris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Tigris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

From Latin Tigris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις (Tígris), an alternative form of Τίγρης (Tígrēs), from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠 (Tigrā), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^ÍDIdiqlat), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 (^ÍDIdigna, ^ÍDIdigina, literally “fast as an arrow”).

Tigris f

1. Tigris (a river in the Middle East)
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     Þonne west frām Tigris þǣre ēa oþ Eufrate þā ēa, þonne betweox þǣm ēan syndan þās land Babylonia, and Caldea, and Mesopotamia.

     Then west from the River Tigris to the River Euphrates, then between the rivers are the lands of Babylon, Chaldea, and Mesopotamia

Tigris m (Cyrillic spelling Тигрис)

1. Tigris

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiɡris/

Tigris m inan (genitive singular Tigrisu, declension pattern of dub)

1. the river Tigris

• tigriský

• “Tigris”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Tigris m

1. the river Tigris