Usually considered identical to Old Saxon stīga (German Stiege), Middle Dutch stîge (Dutch stijg), all “twenty” (of an agricultural product). The further origin of this word is uncertain. It has been compared to Ancient Greek στίχος (stíkhos, “row, line”), which if related, from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to walk, go, ascend”).
stega
Borrowed from Ancient Greek στέγη (stégē).
stega f (genitive stegae); first declension
First-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | stega | stegae |
genitive | stegae | stegārum |
dative | stegae | stegīs |
accusative | stegam | stegās |
ablative | stegā | stegīs |
vocative | stega | stegae |
stega n
steg + -a, used at least since 1655.
stega (present stegar, preterite stegade, supine stegat, imperative stega)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | stega | stegas | ||
Supine | stegat | stegats | ||
Imperative | stega | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | stegen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | stegar | stegade | stegas | stegades |
Ind. plural1 | stega | stegade | stegas | stegades |
Subjunctive2 | stege | stegade | steges | stegades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | stegande | |||
Past participle | stegad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |