stíga

See also: stiga and štiga

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse stíga, from Proto-Germanic *stīganą.

Verb

stíga (third person singular past indicative steig, third person plural past indicative stigu, supine stigið)

  1. to step, to stride

Conjugation

Conjugation of stíga (group v-35)
infinitive stíga
supine stigið
participle (a26)1 stígandi stigin
present past
first singular stígi steig
second singular stígur steigst
third singular stígur steig
plural stíga stigu
imperative
singular stíg!
plural stígið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse stíga, from Proto-Germanic *stīganą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstiːɣa/
  • Rhymes: -iːɣa

Verb

stíga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative steig, third-person plural past indicative stigu, supine stigið)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, takes the accusative) to step, to take a step
    Hann steig eitt skref til hægri.
    He took one step to the right.
  2. (intransitive) to rise, to increase

Conjugation

Note: the past forms sté, stést are less common than steig, steigst, and are usually regarded as archaic.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *stīganą.

Verb

stíga (singular past indicative steig or sté, plural past indicative stigu, past participle stiginn)

  1. (intransitive) to step, to tread
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to step on, to set foot on
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Icelandic: stíga
  • Faroese: stíga
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stiga, stige
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stige
  • Elfdalian: staiga
  • Old Swedish: stīgha
  • Scanian: stíğa, stǽğa
  • Old Danish: stīghæ
  • Gutnish: steige

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

stíga

  1. inflection of stígr:
    1. indefinite accusative plural
    2. indefinite genitive plural

References

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