Faroese

Verb

síga ‎(third person singular past indicative seig, third person plural past indicative sigu, supine sigið)

1. (intransitive) to sink, slowly descend
2. (intransitive) to descend by rope (e.g. when fetching eggs from bird cliffs)
3. (transitive) to lower (someone) by rope
4. (intransitive) to subside

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse síga, from Proto-Germanic *sīganą. More at sie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːɣa/

  Rhymes: -iːɣa

Verb

síga ‎(strong verb, third-person singular past indicative seig, third-person plural past indicative sigu, supine sigið)

1. (intransitive) to sink, to slowly descend ^syn.
2. (intransitive, of land, mounds, etc.) to subside
3. (intransitive) to descend by rope (e.g. when fetching eggs from bird cliffs)
4. (intransitive) to prolapse, to move out of place; especially for an internal organ to protrude beyond its normal position ^syn.

Conjugation

Note: the past forms sé, sést are much less common than seig, seigst.

Derived terms

Synonyms

• (sink): ^def. lækka
• (prolapse): ^def. falla fram

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, 1st edition, 2nd printing (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans.