stega
Crimean Gothic
Etymology
Usually considered identical to Old Saxon stīga (German Stiege), Middle Dutch stîge (Dutch stijg), all “twenty” (of an agricultural product). The further origin of this word is uncertain. It has been compared to Ancient Greek στίχος (stíkhos, “row, line”), which if related, from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to walk, go, ascend”).
Numeral
stega
- twenty
- 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Legationis Turcicae Epistolae Quatuor, page 389:
- Viginti dicebat stega, triginta treithyen, quadraginta furdeithien, centum sada, hazer mille.
- Twenty he called stega, thirty trezthyen, forty furdeithien, a hundred sada, a thousand hazer.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek στέγη (stégē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈstɛ.ɡa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈst̪ɛː.ɡa]
Noun
stega f (genitive stegae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stega | stegae |
| genitive | stegae | stegārum |
| dative | stegae | stegīs |
| accusative | stegam | stegās |
| ablative | stegā | stegīs |
| vocative | stega | stegae |
References
- “stega”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- stega in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
stega n
- definite plural of steg
Swedish
Etymology
steg + -a, used at least since 1655.
Verb
stega (present stegar, preterite stegade, supine stegat, imperative stega)
- to pace, to measure the length by counting steps of a known length, e.g. one metre
- to step, to walk, to pace (with individual steps)
- Eleven stegade tvekande fram till svarta tavlan.
- The pupil hesitantly stepped up to the blackboard.
- to step (an electric stepper relay or stepper motor)
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | stega | stegas | ||
| supine | stegat | stegats | ||
| imperative | stega | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | stegen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | stegar | stegade | stegas | stegades |
| ind. plural1 | stega | stegade | stegas | stegades |
| subjunctive2 | stege | stegade | steges | stegades |
| present participle | stegande | |||
| past participle | stegad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
- stegmotor
- stegning
- stegrelä
- stegräknare
- uppstegad
References
- stega in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- stega in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- stega in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)