stega

See also: -stega and стега

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

  1. 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

Noun

stega f (genitive stegae); first declension

  1. (nautical) The deck of a ship

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

  1. definite plural of steg

Swedish

Etymology

steg +‎ -a, used at least since 1655.

Verb

stega (present stegar, preterite stegade, supine stegat, imperative stega)

  1. to pace, to measure the length by counting steps of a known length, e.g. one metre
  2. to step, to walk, to pace (with individual steps)
    Eleven stegade tvekande fram till svarta tavlan.
    The pupil hesitantly stepped up to the blackboard.
  3. to step (an electric stepper relay or stepper motor)

Conjugation

Conjugation of stega (weak)
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.

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