staigns

staigns

See also: staigņš

Latvian

Alternative forms

• (dialectal forms) staigņš, staigs, stigns

Etymology

From the same source as the verb stigt “to sink, to get stuck,” which had a no longer extant parallel form *staigt (resulting from vowel gradation of the same stem), from which staigns was derived with an extra -n (cf. laipns from lipt). A parallel form without the n, staigs, exists in some dialects, as well as an i-stem form staigņš; there is also another dialectal parallel form stigns with the same grade as the verb stigt.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [stàjɡns]

Adjective

staigns (definite staignais, comparative staignāks, superlative visstaignākais, adverb staigni)

1. swampy, boggy, marshy, miry (such that it has humid, soft soil, where it is easy to sink and be stuck)

   staigna pļava ― swampy meadow

   staigns krasts ― boggy coast, miry shore

   pār staigniem purviem, mežiem, upēm, klintīm spīd viena saule, visu zeltījot ― over the swampy marshes, forests, rivers, rocks the sun alone shines, gilding everything

   staignās smiltis ņirb zem kājām, kad kareivji aiziet caur priežu mežu ― the miry sand sparkles underfoot, when the soldiers go through the pine forest

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of staigns

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	staigns	staigni		staigna	staignas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	staignu	staignus		staignu	staignas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	staigna	staignu		staignas	staignu
dative (datīvs)	staignam	staigniem		staignai	staignām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	staignu	staigniem		staignu	staignām
locative (lokatīvs)	staignā	staignos		staignā	staignās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—		—	—

Synonyms

• mukls, muklains
• purvains

Related terms

• staignājs
• staignums

References

1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “staigns”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN