stigt

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *stig-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce; pointy, pointed”). Cognates include Lithuanian sti̇̀gti (“to cease, to calm down”), Proto-Slavic *stьgati (“to pierce, to stick”) (Russian стегать (stegatʹ, “to hit; to stitch”)), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌺𐍃 (stiks, “prick, stitch”), Old High German stih, German Stich, Ancient Greek στίζω (stízō, “to pierce, to mark”) (< *stíg-yo)

stigt (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present stiegu, stiedz, stieg, past stigu)

1. to sink (into muddy, swampy, soft ground, snow, etc.) so that it becomes difficult or impossible to move forward

   ziloņi stiga izmirkušajā zemē un nevarēja paskriet tik ātri kā pa sausu zemi ― the elephants sank in the wet land and could not ran fast as on dry land

   gribu steigā izvilkt kāju no mālainā muklāja, taču otra stieg dziļāk ― I want to quickly remove one foot from the muddy swamp, but the other (foot) sinks in deeper

   zābaki likās velnišķīgi smagi: tie stiga sniegā ― the boots felt damn heavy: they had sunk into the snow

   dziļajā sniegā stigdams, lēni piebrauc pajūgs ― sinking in the snow, the cart arrived slowly

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