stijg

• IPA^(key): /stɛi̯x/

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• Rhymes: -ɛi̯x

Often related to stijgen (“to rise, ascend”) in the sense of "something pointed." Identical development is found in English sty.

stijg m (plural stijgen, diminutive stijgje n)

1. (pathology) an inflammation of the eyelid, sty

From Middle Dutch stîge. Has been compared to Ancient Greek στίχος (stíkhos, “row, line”). If indeed related, from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to walk, go, ascend”).

Cognate with Middle Low German stîge (whence German Stiege), Crimean Gothic stega (“twenty”).

stijg f (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) a set of twenty, a score (usually said of eggs)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

stijg

1. inflection of stijgen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative