different between stig vs stag

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 form removed with the spelling reform of 1917; superseded by steg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

Alternative forms

• steg (dialectal), staig (Scotland), stagg, stagge (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English stagge, steg, from Old English stagga, stacga (“a stag”) and Old Norse steggi, steggr (“a male animal”), both from Proto-Germanic *staggijô, *staggijaz (“male, male deer, porcupine”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *steg?-, *steng?- (“to sting; rod, blade; sharp, stiff”). Cognate with Icelandic steggi, steggur (“tomcat, male fox”). Related to staggard, staggon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

stag (countable and uncountable, plural stags)

1. (countable) An adult male deer.
2. (countable) A colt, or filly.
3. (by extension, countable, obsolete) A romping girl; a tomboy.
4. (countable) An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – also called a bull seg (see note under ox).
5. (countable, finance) An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
6. (countable, finance) One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.
7. (countable) The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.
8. (countable, usually attributive) An unmarried male, a bachelor; a male not accompanying a female at a social event.

   a stag dance; a stag party; a stag bar

9. (countable) A social event for males held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends of the groom, sometimes a fund-raiser.

   The stag will be held in the hotel's ballroom.

10. (countable) A stag beetle (family Lucanidae).
    • 2007, Eric R. Eaton, Kenn Kaufman, Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America (page 132)

      Members of the genus Pasimachus […] can be confused with stag beetles […] but stags have elbowed antennae.

11. (uncountable, Britain, military, slang) Guard duty.
    • 2000, Richard Tomlinson, The big breach: from top secret to maximum security (page 31)

      Between shifts on stag or manning the radio, we grabbed a few hours sleep.

Synonyms

• (male deer): buck, hart
• (social event): bachelor party (US), stag do (UK informal), stag party, stag lunch

Hyponyms

• (male red deer): royal stag, imperial stag, monarch

Derived terms

Related terms

• bull

Translations

Verb

stag (third-person singular simple present stags, present participle stagging, simple past and past participle stagged)

1. (intransitive, Britain) To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.
2. (transitive) To watch; to dog, or keep track of.

   Synonym: shadow

Translations

Adverb

stag (not comparable)

1. Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.

   My brother went stag to prom because he couldn't find a date.

Translations

See also

• bachelorette party, hen party

Anagrams

• ATGs, GATS, GTAs, Gast, TAGs, gast, gats, tags

Middle English

Noun

stag

1. Alternative form of stagge

Swedish

Noun

stag ?

1. (nautical) A stay.
2. An appliance with a function similar to a nautical stay.

Anagrams

• gast, sagt, tags