sty
A pen or enclosure for swineA pen or enclosure for swine.
» There's a pig in the sty.
В свинарнике свинья.
В хлеву свинья.
Meaning
4 sensesA pen or enclosure for swine.
хлевxlev, свина́рникsvinárnik
a pen for swine
(figuratively)A messy, dirty or debauched place.
свина́рникsvinárnik
(UK, dialectal)A ladder.
An inflammation of the eyelid.
an infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid
Examples
2 sentencesThere's a pig in the sty.
ruВ свинарнике свинья.
Inflamed as it was, the sty hurt every time she closed her eye.
ruВоспалённый ячмень отдавал болью всякий раз, когда она закрывала глаз.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English sty, from Old English stī, stiġ (“sty, pen, a wooden enclosure; hall”,From Middle English sty, from Old English stī, stiġ (“sty, pen, a wooden enclosure; hall”, chiefly in compounds), from Proto-West Germanic *stī, from Proto-Germanic *stiją.
From Middle English stien, stiȝen, stighen, from Old English stīgan (“to go; ascend, mount”), from Proto-West Germanic *stīgan, from Proto-Germanic *stīganą, from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ-.
From Middle English styanye, mistaken as "sty on eye" yet composed of Old English stīġend (“sty”, literally “riser”), agent noun from stīgan (“to rise”) + Middle English yë (“eye”).
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