stíga

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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

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

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

Derived terms

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
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
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

stíga

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

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