stegna

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See also: Stegna, stegną, and Stegną

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stьgna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɛɡ.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡna
  • Syllabification: steg‧na

Noun

stegna f

  1. path (trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians)
    • 1938, Aleksander Majkòwsczi, Żëcé i przigòdë Remùsa, page 31:
      Po dregji stronje łąkji znovu roslë drzeva i krze, a przeką njich szła sarnjeno stegna.
      On the other side of the meadow there were trees and bushes again, and a deer path (e.i path made by deers) ran through them.
  2. (figuratively) path (metaphorical course or route)
    • 2005, Jiwòna Méjer, “Matura z kaszëbsczégò jãzëka”, in Pomerania, number 1, Gdańsk: Zrzeszenie Kaszubsko-Pomorskie:
      Òstatnio mòcno biôtkùjemë sã ò kaszëbiznã. Chcemë bë ją bëło widzec, a przede wszëtczim, bë kaszëbsczi jãzëk mòżna bëło czëc wszãdze: w radiu, kòscele, ùrzãadach, szkòle. Prawie dlô ti ùstatny zrodza sã nowô stenga. Kaszëbsczi mòżna bãdze pò rôz pierwszi zdôwac na maturze ju w maju tegò rokù.
      Recently, we have been fighting hard for Kashubia. we want it to be seen, and above all, we want Kashubian language to be felt everywhere: on the radio, in church, in offices, at school. it is for the latter that a new path is born. It will be possible to take Kashubian for the first time at the high school leaving exam in May this year.

Descendants

  • Polish: (dialectal) stegna

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “stegna”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
  • Sychta, Bernard (1972) “stegna”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 5 (S – T), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 161
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “ścieżka”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “ścieżka”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • stegna”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Kashubian stegna.

Pronunciation

Noun

stegna f

  1. (Kuyavia, Kociewie) Synonym of ścieżka (path)

Further reading

  • Józef Bliziński (1860) “stegna”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 631
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “stegna”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 276
  • Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889) “stegna”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 747

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

stegna (Cyrillic spelling стегна)

  1. inflection of stegno:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/genitive/accusative/vocative plural