different between stig vs sig

English

Etymology

Believed to have originated from the eponymous character in the book Stig of the Dump (Clive King, Puffin, 1963, ?ISBN.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??/

Noun

stig (plural stigs)

1. (Britain, derogatory) Someone from a poor background, with poor dress sense.

Synonyms

See chav.

Anagrams

• GTis, ISTG, gist, gits, tigs

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sti?j/

Noun

stig n (genitive singular stigs, plural stig)

1. pace
2. stair, rung
3. (dance) step
4. niveau, level
5. degree (Celsius etc.)
6. (sports) score

Declension

Synonyms

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st???/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

stig n (genitive singular stigs, nominative plural stig)

1. level
2. degree
3. stage
4. point (unit of scoring in a game or competition)
5. (baseball, cricket) run

Declension

Synonyms

• (level): staða
• (degree): gráða
• (stage): áfangi

Derived terms

• á þessu stigi, á þessu stigi málsins
• á háu stigi
• öryggisstig (security level)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

stig

1. imperative of stige

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stígr.

Noun

stig m (definite singular stigen, indefinite plural stigar, definite plural stigane)

1. alternative form of sti

Etymology 2

Verb

stig

1. present tense of stige
2. imperative of stige

Etymology 3

Noun

stìg n (definite singular stìget, indefinite plural stìg, definite plural stìgi)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1917; superseded by steg

References

• “stig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *st?g?, from *st?gan? (“climb”) ( > Old English st?gan). Cognate with Middle Dutch stige, Old High German stiga. A masculine Germanic variant *st?gaz is indicated by Old High German stic (German Steig), Old Norse stígr (Swedish stig).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti?j/

Noun

st?? f (nominative plural st??a or st??e)

1. path (especially steep or narrow)

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: sty

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *stij?. Cognate with Old Norse stí (Danish sti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stij/

Noun

sti? n (nominative plural sti?)

1. hall, building, sty

Declension

Derived terms

• st?gweard (“steward”)

Descendants

• Middle English: sty
  • English: sty

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to stíga.

Noun

stig n

1. step, pace
2. step (of a ladder)
3. (plural only) degree, rank

Declension

Descendants

• Icelandic: stig
• Norwegian Nynorsk: steg
• Norwegian Bokmål: steg

References

• stig in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sti??/
• Rhymes: -i??

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish st?gher, from Old Norse stígr, from Proto-Germanic *st?gu- or Proto-Germanic *st?gi-.Cognate with Danish sti and German Steig.Related to Swedish stiga.See also Old English stig.

Noun

stig c

1. path, trail

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

stig

1. imperative of stiga.

Anagrams

• tigs

English

Etymology 1

A shortened form of signature.

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?g, IPA^(key): /s??/
• Homophone: cig

Noun

sig (plural sigs)

1. (Internet, informal) A signature, especially on emails or newsgroup postings.
   • 2004, Brad Hill, Building Your Business with Google For Dummies (page 48)

     Posting good content is the best way to get people clicking your sig link.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English sige. Cognate with Middle Dutch seic, seike, Middle Low German seyche. Related also to sink (“to fall”).

Noun

sig (uncountable)

1. (Britain, dialectal, dated) Urine.

Anagrams

• GIS, GIs, GSI, IGS, IGs, Igs, gis, igs

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saj/, [s?j]
• Rhymes: -aj
• Rhymes: -i??

Pronoun

sig

1. (reflexive) third-person pronoun

Usage notes

For all other persons (both singular and plural) the personal accusative pronoun is used.

See also

Etymology 2

See sige.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si?/, [si??]

Verb

sig

1. imperative of sige

Faroese

Verb

sig

1. imperative singular of siga

Conjugation

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s???/
• Rhymes: -???

Etymology 1

Noun

sig n (genitive singular sigs, nominative plural sig)

1. subsidence, (a sinking of something to a lower level)
2. prolapse, a moving out of place, especially a protrusion of an internal organ

Declension

Synonyms

• (prolapse): framfall

Derived terms

• jarðsig
• sig í bjarg (rappeling down a cliff face)

See also

• síga

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sik.

Alternative forms

• sik (obsolete)

Pronoun

sig

1. (reflexive) accusative third person reflexive pronoun meaning oneself (and also depending on context himself, herself, itself and themselves)

   Hann drap sig.

   He killed himself.

   Hún drap sig.

   She killed herself.

Declension

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

sig

1. inflection of siga:
   1. present
   2. imperative

Swedish

Alternative forms

• sej (strongly colloquial)

Etymology

From Old Norse sik, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European *se.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?j/
• (Scania) IPA^(key): /saj/
• Homophones: sej, säg
• Rhymes: -?j, -aj

Pronoun

sig

1. reflexive case of han, hon, den, det, de or man; compare himself, herself, itself, themselves, oneself

   Antagligen skulle han vilja lära sig jonglera.

   He would probably like to learn how to juggle.

   Hon lärde sig själv.

   She taught herself.

   Skar de sig på knivarna?

   Did they cut themselves on the knives?

Declension

See also

• sig själv sg
• sig själva pl

Western Apache

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *-x???t. Cognates include Navajo sid, Mescalero s?h.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [s??k]

Noun

sig

1. scar

Usage notes

The form sig in the White Mountain variety; sid occurs in White Mountain and Dilzhe’eh (Tonto); shig occurs in Cibecue; shid occurs in Dilzhe’eh and San Carlos varieties;