stigt

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *stig-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to pierce; pointy, pointed”). Cognates include Lithuanian stìgti (“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)

Verb

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

Conjugation

conjugation of stigt

	INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme)				IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
		Present (tagadne)	Past (pagātne)	Future (nākotne)
1st pers. sg.	es	stiegu	stigu	stigšu	—
2nd pers. sg.	tu	stiedz	stigi	stigsi	stiedz
3rd pers. sg.	viņš, viņa	stieg	stiga	stigs	lai stieg
1st pers. pl.	mēs	stiegam	stigām	stigsim	stigsim
2nd pers. pl.	jūs	stiegat	stigāt	stigsiet, stigsit	stiedziet
3rd pers. pl.	viņi, viņas	stieg	stiga	stigs	lai stieg
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme)			PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present	stiegot		Present Active 1 (Adj.)		stiegošs
Past	esot stidzis		Present Active 2 (Adv.)		stigdams
Future	stigšot		Present Active 3 (Adv.)		stiegot
Imperative	lai stiegot		Present Active 4 (Obj.)		stiegam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme)			Past Active		stidzis
Present	stigtu		Present Passive		—
Past	būtu stidzis		Past Passive		—
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme)			NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative	(būt) jāstieg		Infinitive (nenoteiksme)		stigt
Conjunctive 1	esot jāstieg		Negative Infinitive		nestigt
Conjunctive 2	jāstiegot		Verbal noun		stigšana

Derived terms

• iestigt
• nostigt
• sastigt