Eldamo : Gnomish : nig-

G. nig- v. “to steal, creep, do or go by stealth” (Category: to Steal)

⚠️G. nig-, v. “to steal, creep, do or go by stealth” (Category: to Steal): ᴺS. !lhig- “to creep, sneak, go by stealth”; ᴺS. !pil- “to steal, thieve, ⚠️rob”

A verb for “steal, creep, do or go by stealth” in the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s with past form naigi (GL/60), probably based the early root ᴱ√NAQA “steal, take; get by stealth, unlawfully” or a variant thereof (QL/64).

References ✧ GL/60

Glosses

“steal, creep, do or go by stealth” ✧ GL/60

Variations

nig ✧ GL/60

Inflections

naigi

past

✧ GL/60

Element In

G. nigla- “to thieve, pilfer” ✧ GL/60
G. nigrin “stealthy” ✧ GL/60

Cognates

ᴱQ. naqa- “to steal”

Derivations

< ᴱ√NAQA “steal, take; get by stealth, unlawfully”