Wiktionary

stinga

See also: stingā

FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse stinga, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą. Compare Icelandic and Swedish stinga, English sting.

VerbEdit

stinga (third person singular past indicative stakk, third person plural past indicative stungu, supine stungið)

  1. to sting

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of stinga (group v-46)
infinitive stinga
supine stungið
participle (a26)1 stingandi stungin
present past
first singular stingi stakk
second singular stingur stakst
third singular stingur stakk
plural stinga stungu
imperative
singular stikk!
plural stingið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

IcelandicEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse stinga, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą. Compare Faroese and Swedish stinga, English sting.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

stinga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative stakk, third-person plural past indicative stungu, supine stungið)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to stab, to sting, to prick
  2. (transitive, intransitive, governs the accusative) to wound, to hurt
  3. (transitive, governs the dative) to prick with something, to stab with something
    Hann stakk hnífnum í borðið.
    He stuck the knife in the table.
  4. (transitive, governs the dative) to slip something, to put something
    Prinsessan stakk einhverju í vasa bóndans.
    The princess slipped something into the farmer's pocket.
    Hún hætti lestri og stakk skruddunni í hilluna.
    She stopped reading and put the old book into the shelf.
  5. (impersonal) to strike someone
    Það stakk mig.
    It struck me.

ConjugationEdit

stinga — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að stinga
supine
(sagnbót) 		stungið
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		stingandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég sting við stingum present
(nútíð) 		ég stingi við stingum
þú stingur þið stingið þú stingir þið stingið
hann, hún, það stingur þeir, þær, þau stinga hann, hún, það stingi þeir, þær, þau stingi
past
(þátíð) 		ég stakk við stungum past
(þátíð) 		ég styngi við styngjum
þú stakkst þið stunguð þú styngir þið styngjuð
hann, hún, það stakk þeir, þær, þau stungu hann, hún, það styngi þeir, þær, þau styngju
imperative
(boðháttur) 		sting (þú) stingið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
stingdu stingiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
stingast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur) 		að stingast
supine
(sagnbót) 		stungist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar) 		stingandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur) 		subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð) 		ég stingst við stingumst present
(nútíð) 		ég stingist við stingumst
þú stingst þið stingist þú stingist þið stingist
hann, hún, það stingst þeir, þær, þau stingast hann, hún, það stingist þeir, þær, þau stingist
past
(þátíð) 		ég stakkst við stungumst past
(þátíð) 		ég styngist við styngjumst
þú stakkst þið stungust þú styngist þið styngjust
hann, hún, það stakkst þeir, þær, þau stungust hann, hún, það styngist þeir, þær, þau styngjust
imperative
(boðháttur) 		stingst (þú) stingist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
stingstu stingisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
stunginn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		stunginn stungin stungið stungnir stungnar stungin
accusative
(þolfall) 		stunginn stungna stungið stungna stungnar stungin
dative
(þágufall) 		stungnum stunginni stungnu stungnum stungnum stungnum
genitive
(eignarfall) 		stungins stunginnar stungins stunginna stunginna stunginna
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn) 		masculine
(karlkyn) 		feminine
(kvenkyn) 		neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall) 		stungni stungna stungna stungnu stungnu stungnu
accusative
(þolfall) 		stungna stungnu stungna stungnu stungnu stungnu
dative
(þágufall) 		stungna stungnu stungna stungnu stungnu stungnu
genitive
(eignarfall) 		stungna stungnu stungna stungnu stungnu stungnu

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

ItalianEdit

VerbEdit

stinga

  1. inflection of stingere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

AnagramsEdit

LatvianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

stinga

  1. genitive singular masculine form of stings
  2. nominative singular feminine form of stings

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

stinga n

  1. definite plural of sting

Norwegian NynorskEdit

NounEdit

stinga n

  1. definite plural of sting

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse stinga, from Proto-Germanic *stinganą. Compare Icelandic and Faroese stinga, English sting.

VerbEdit

stinga (present stinger, supine stungit, imperative sting)

  1. to sting, to pierce

Usage notesEdit

  • The past tense singular "stang" is "very rare" according to SAOL (6th ed.), replaced by "stack" in SAOL (8th ed., the past tense of sticka), although the past tense plural is stungo, and "missing" in SAOL (13th ed.).

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of stinga (class 3 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive stinga stingas
Supine stungit stungits
Imperative sting —
Imper. plural1 stingen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative stinger stang stings, stinges stangs
Ind. plural1 stinga stungo stingas stungos
Subjunctive2 stinge stunge stinges stunges
Participles
Present participle stingande
Past participle stungen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

SynonymsEdit

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