stinga

See also: stingā

Faroese

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to sting

Conjugation
   Conjugation of stinga
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infinitive stinga
present participle stingandi
past participle a26 stungin
supine stungið
number singular plural
person first second third all
indicative eg tú hann/hon/tað vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present stingi stingur stingur stinga
past stakk stakst stakk stungu
imperative – tú – tit
present — stikk! — stingið!

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈstiŋka/
  • Rhymes: -iŋka

Verb

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 syn.
  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.

Conjugation
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

Synonyms

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • stina inn
  • stinga af
  • stinga á sig
  • stinga að
  • stinga gat á
  • stinga í augun
  • stinga í stúf
  • stinga í vasann
  • stinga saman nefjum
  • stinga sér
  • stinga undan
  • stinga undir stól
  • stinga upp á
  • stinga upp garð
  • stinga upp í
  • stinga upp í sig
  • stinga upp skrá
  • stinga við
  • undirstinga

Italian

Verb

stinga

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of stingere
  2. second-person singular present subjunctive of stingere
  3. third-person singular present subjunctive of stingere
  4. third-person singular imperative of stingere

Anagrams

Latvian

Adjective

stinga

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

stinga n

  1. definite plural of sting

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

stinga n

  1. definite plural of sting

Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

stinga

  1. to sting, to pierce

Usage notes
  • 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.).

Conjugation
Conjugation of stinga (class 3 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive stinga stingas
Present tense stinger stings , stinges
Past tense stang stangs
Supine stungit stungits
Imperative sting —
Present participle stingande
Past participle stungen

Synonyms

See also

References
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