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)
- to step, to stride
Conjugation
Conjugation of stíga
| v-35 | ||||
| infinitive | stíga | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | stígandi | |||
| past participle a26 | stigin | |||
| supine | stigið | |||
| number | singular | plural | ||
| person | first | second | third | all |
| indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum |
| present | stígi | stígur | stígur | stíga |
| past | steig | steigst | steig | stigu |
| imperative | – | tú | – | tit |
| present | — | stíg! | — | stígið! |
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)
- (transitive, intransitive, takes the accusative) to step, to take a step syn.
- Hann steig eitt skref til hægri.
- He took one step to the right.
- Hann steig eitt skref til hægri.
- (intransitive) to rise, to increase syn.
Conjugation
stíga — active voice (germynd)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) | að stíga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) | stigið | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) | stígandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) | subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) | ég stíg | við stígum | present (nútíð) | ég stígi | við stígum |
| þú stígur | þið stígið | þú stígir | þið stígið | ||
| hann, hún, það stígur | þeir, þær, þau stíga | hann, hún, það stígi | þeir, þær, þau stígi | ||
| past (þátíð) | ég steig / sté | við stigum | past (þátíð) | ég stigi | við stigjum |
| þú steigst / stést | þið stiguð | þú stigir | þið stigjuð | ||
| hann, hún, það steig / sté | þeir, þær, þau stigu | hann, hún, það stigi | þeir, þær, þau stigju | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) | stíg (þú) | stígið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| stígðu | stígiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
stiginn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
| strong declension (sterk beyging) | singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) | feminine (kvenkyn) | neuter (hvorugkyn) | masculine (karlkyn) | feminine (kvenkyn) | neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) | stiginn | stigin | stigið | stignir | stignar | stigin | |
| accusative (þolfall) | stiginn | stigna | stigið | stigna | stignar | stigin | |
| dative (þágufall) | stignum | stiginni | stignu | stignum | stignum | stignum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) | stigins | stiginnar | stigins | stiginna | stiginna | stiginna | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) | singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) | feminine (kvenkyn) | neuter (hvorugkyn) | masculine (karlkyn) | feminine (kvenkyn) | neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) | stigni | stigna | stigna | stignu | stignu | stignu | |
| accusative (þolfall) | stigna | stignu | stigna | stignu | stignu | stignu | |
| dative (þágufall) | stigna | stignu | stigna | stignu | stignu | stignu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) | stigna | stignu | stigna | stignu | stignu | stignu | |
Note: the past forms sté, stést are less common than steig, steigst, and are usually regarded as archaic.
Synonyms
- (step): def. ganga
- (increase): def. hækka
Derived terms
Derived terms
- stíga á bak
- stíga á land
- stíga dans
- stíga í fæturna
- stíga í vitið
- stíga í vænginn
- stíga ofan á
- stíga upp
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *stīganą.
Verb
stíga
- to step, to tread
- (transitive, with accusative) to step on, to set foot on
Conjugation
Conjugation of stíga — active (strong class 1)
| infinitive | stíga | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | stígandi | |
| past participle | stiginn | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | stíg | steig, sté |
| 2nd-person singular | stígr | steigt, stétt |
| 3rd-person singular | stígr | steig, sté |
| 1st-person plural | stígum | stigum |
| 2nd-person plural | stígið | stiguð |
| 3rd-person plural | stíga | stigu |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | stíga | stiga |
| 2nd-person singular | stígir | stigir |
| 3rd-person singular | stígi | stigi |
| 1st-person plural | stígim | stigim |
| 2nd-person plural | stígið | stigið |
| 3rd-person plural | stígi | stigi |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | stíg | |
| 1st-person plural | stígum | |
| 2nd-person plural | stígið | |
Conjugation of stíga — mediopassive (strong class 1)
| infinitive | stígask | |
|---|---|---|
| present participle | stígandisk | |
| past participle | stigizk | |
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | stígumk | stigumk |
| 2nd-person singular | stígsk | steigzk, stézk |
| 3rd-person singular | stígsk | steigsk, stésk |
| 1st-person plural | stígumsk | stigumsk |
| 2nd-person plural | stígizk | stiguzk |
| 3rd-person plural | stígask | stigusk |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | stígumk | stigumk |
| 2nd-person singular | stígisk | stigisk |
| 3rd-person singular | stígisk | stigisk |
| 1st-person plural | stígimsk | stigimsk |
| 2nd-person plural | stígizk | stigizk |
| 3rd-person plural | stígisk | stigisk |
| imperative | present | |
| 2nd-person singular | stígsk | |
| 1st-person plural | stígumsk | |
| 2nd-person plural | stígizk | |
Related terms
- steig f
Descendants
- Danish: stige
- Faroese: stíga
- Icelandic: stíga
- Norwegian Bokmål: stige
- Norwegian Nynorsk: stiga, stige
- Old Swedish: stīgha
- Swedish: stiga
References
- stíga in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.