# stig
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stɪɡ/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪɡ

### Etymology 1

Referred to in the book Piccadilly Jim by PG Wodehouse in 1917 :
You never know what is waiting for you around the corner. You start the day with the fairest prospects, and before nightfall everything is as rocky and ding-basted as stig tossed full of doodlegammon.
Also referenced as the eponymous character in the book Stig of the Dump (Clive King, Puffin, 1963, →ISBN.

#### Noun

stig (plural stigs)
* (UK, slang, derogatory) Someone from a poor background, with poor dress sense.
    Synonym: chav

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

stig (plural stigs)
* (Australia, slang) An electronic cigarette or vape.

#### Verb

stig (third-person singular simple present stigs, present participle stigging, simple past and past participle stigged)
* (Australia, slang) To vape.

### Anagrams

* GTis, ISTG, gist, gits, tigs

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse stig (“path, step”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈstiːj/

### Noun

stig n (genitive singular stigs, plural stig)
* pace
* stair, rung
* (dance) step
* niveau, level
* degree (Celsius etc.)
* (sports) score

#### Synonyms

* (pace): fet, fótafet, gongd
* (dancing step): stev, fótastig

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse stig (“path, step”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stɪːɣ/
* Rhymes: -ɪːɣ

### Noun

stig n (genitive singular stigs, nominative plural stig)
* level
    Synonym: staða
* degree
    Synonym: gráða
* stage
    Synonym: áfangi
* point (unit of scoring in a game or competition)
* (baseball, cricket) run

#### Derived terms

* á þessu stigi, á þessu stigi málsins
* á háu stigi
* öryggisstig (“security level”)

## Irish
### Adverb

stig
* Obsolete form of istigh.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Verb

stig
* imperative of stige

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse stígr.

#### Noun

stig m (definite singular stigen, indefinite plural stigar, definite plural stigane)
* alternative form of sti

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

stig
* present tense of stige
* imperative of stige

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

stìg n (definite singular stìget, indefinite plural stìg, definite plural stìgi)
* (pre-1917) alternative form of steg

### References

* “stig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *stīgu, from Proto-Germanic *stīgō, from *stīganą (“climb”) ( > Old English stīgan).
Cognate with Middle Dutch stige, Old High German stiga. A masculine Germanic variant *stīgaz is indicated by Old High German stic (German Steig), Old Norse stígr (Swedish stig).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stiːɡ/, [stiːɣ]

#### Noun

stīg f (nominative plural stīga or stīge)
* path (especially steep or narrow)

##### Declension

Strong ō-stem:

##### Derived terms

* ānstīg

##### Descendants

* Middle English: stiȝhe, styȝe, stighe, stieghe, stie, stye, sty

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *stiją, possibly related to Etymology 1 above, or otherwise possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”), similar to *stainaz (“stone”). Cognate with Old Norse stí (Danish sti).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stij/

#### Noun

stiġ n
* hall, building, sty

##### Declension

Strong a-stem:

##### Derived terms

* stigweard (“steward”)

##### Descendants

* Middle English: sty
** English: sty
** Scots: stie, stye, sty

#### References

* ↑ “sti,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Old Norse
### Etymology

Related to stíga. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Noun

stig n
* step, pace
* step (of a ladder)
* (plural only) degree, rank

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: stig
* Faroese: stig
* Norwegian Nynorsk: steg
* Norwegian Bokmål: steg

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “stig”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stiːɡ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iːɡ

### Etymology 1

From Old Swedish stīgher, from Old Norse stígr.
Cognate with Danish sti and German Steig. Related to Swedish stiga. See also Old English stig.

#### Noun

stig c
* a path, a trail (in nature and narrow)
** 1968, “Deirdres samba [Deirdre's samba]”, Cornelis Vreeswijk (lyrics), Chico Buarque (music)‎performed by Cornelis Vreeswijk:Varje kväll vid åttatiden, går jag stigen nerför berget. Och så hoppar jag på bussen, som går till Copacabana. Jag har badat, jag har duschat. Luktar gott om hela kroppen. Och så börjar jag gå, och jag tål att tittas på.Every evening around eight o'clock, I walk the path down the mountain. And then I jump on the bus, that goes to Copacabana. I have bathed, I have showered. My whole body smells good. And then I start walking, and I bear being looked at [idiomatic for looking good].

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

stig
* imperative of stiga

### References

* stig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* stig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* stig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* tigs