stia

See also: stía and STIA

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Lombardic stīga (“cage, stall”), from Proto-Germanic *stiją, which could be ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”), similar to *stainaz (“stone”). Cognate with English sty.

Noun

stia f (plural stie)

1. hutch, coop (for small animals or birds)
2. birdcage

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

stia

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

Anagrams

• -asti, -ista, Asti, asti, sita, stai

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse stía, stí, from Proto-Germanic *stiją, which could be ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“to stiffen”), similar to *stainaz (“stone”). Cognate of Icelandic stía, English sty.

Noun

stia c

1. a sty (pen or enclosure for swine)

Declension

Declension of stia

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stia	stias
	definite	stian	stians
plural	indefinite	stior	stiors
	definite	stiorna	stiornas

Derived terms

• svinstia (“pigsty”)

References

• stia in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• stia in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• stia in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• stia in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)