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)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈstiːɣa/
• Rhymes: -iːɣa

Verb

stíga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative steig, third-person plural past indicative stigu, supine stigið)

1. to step, to take a step [intransitive or with accusative]

   Synonym: ganga

   Hann steig eitt skref til hægri.

   He took one step to the right.

2. (intransitive) to rise, to increase

   Synonym: hækka

Conjugation

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.

stíga — active voice (germynd)

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

stiginn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

Note: the past forms sté, stést are less common than steig, steigst, and are usually regarded as archaic.

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 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. to step on, to set foot on [with accusative]

Conjugation

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 — active (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

Conjugation of stíga — mediopassive (strong class 1)

Related terms

• steig f

Descendants

• Icelandic: stíga
• Faroese: stíga
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stiga, stige
• Norwegian Bokmål: stige
• Elfdalian: staiga
• Old Swedish: stīgha
  • Swedish: stiga
• Scanian: stíğa, stǽğa
• Old Danish: stīghæ
  • Danish: stige
• Gutnish: steige

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

stíga

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “stíga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 408; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

1. page/408 Internet Archive]