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:

     Viginti dicebat stega, triginta treithyen, quadraginta furdeithien, centum sada, hazer mille.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στέγη (stégē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈste.ɡa/, [ˈs̠t̪ɛɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈste.ɡa/, [ˈst̪ɛːɡä]

Noun

stega f (genitive stegae); first declension

1. (nautical) The deck of a ship

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	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 indivial 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
	Participles
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 Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• stega in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• tages