síga

See also: siga, sigà, sigā, siğa, and sigä

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse síga, from Proto-Germanic *sīganą. More at sie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʊiːja/

  Rhymes: -ʊiːja

  Homophone: síða

Verb

síga (third person singular past indicative seig, third person plural past indicative sigu, supine sigið)

1. (intransitive) to sink, slowly descend
2. (intransitive) to descend by rope (e.g. when fetching eggs from bird cliffs)
3. (transitive) to lower (someone) by rope
4. (intransitive) to subside

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse síga, from Proto-Germanic *sīganą. More at sie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːɣa/

  Rhymes: -iːɣa

Verb

síga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative seig, third-person plural past indicative sigu, supine sigið)

1. (intransitive) to sink, to slowly descend

   Synonym: lækka

2. (intransitive, of land, mounds, etc.) to subside
3. (intransitive) to descend by rope (e.g. when fetching eggs from bird cliffs)
4. (intransitive) to prolapse, to move out of place; especially for an internal organ to protrude beyond its normal position

   Synonym: falla fram

Conjugation

síga – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að síga
supine sagnbót		sigið
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		sígandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	síg	seig / sé		sígi	sigi
	þú	sígur	seigst / sést		sígir	sigir
	hann, hún, það	sígur	seig / sé		sígi	sigi
plural	við	sígum	sigum		sígum	sigjum
	þið	sígið	siguð		sígið	sigjuð
	þeir, þær, þau	síga	sigu		sígi	sigju
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	síg (þú), sígðu
plural	þið	sígið (þið), sígiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

siginn — 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)	siginn	sigin	sigið	signir	signar	sigin
accusative (þolfall)	siginn	signa	sigið	signa	signar	sigin
dative (þágufall)	signum	siginni	signu	signum	signum	signum
genitive (eignarfall)	sigins	siginnar	sigins	siginna	siginna	siginna
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	signi	signa	signa	signu	signu	signu
accusative (þolfall)	signa	signu	signa	signu	signu	signu
dative (þágufall)	signa	signu	signa	signu	signu	signu
genitive (eignarfall)	signa	signu	signa	signu	signu	signu

Note: the past forms sé, sést are much less common than seig, seigst.

Derived terms

• láta undan síga (“to retreat”)
• sig
• siginn (“past participle”)
• siginn fiskur (“half-dried fish”)
• síga i bjarg (“to rappel down a cliff face”)
• síga saman (“to collapse slowly”)
• það fór að síga í mig (“I started getting angry”)
• það sígur á hann svefn (“he is falling asleep”)
• það sígur á seinni hlutann (“it is getting close to the end”)

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)