Jump to content

stigt

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Latvian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

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)[1]

Verb

[edit]

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 zemithe 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 dziļākI want to quickly remove one foot from the muddy swamp, but the other (foot) sinks in deeper
    zābaki likās velnišķīgi smagi: tie stiga sniegāthe boots felt damn heavy: they had sunk into the snow
    dziļajā sniegā stigdams, lēni piebrauc pajūgssinking in the snow, the cart arrived slowly

Conjugation

[edit]
Conjugation of stigt
indicative (īstenības izteiksme) imperative
(pavēles izteiksme)
present
(tagadne)
past
(pagātne)
future
(nākotne)
1st person sg es stiegu stigu stigšu
2nd person sg tu stiedz stigi stigsi stiedz
3rd person sg viņš, viņa stieg stiga stigs lai stieg
1st person pl mēs stiegam stigām stigsim stigsim
2nd person pl jūs stiegat stigāt stigsiet,
stigsit
stiedziet
3rd person 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

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “stigt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN