stafa

See also: Stafa

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstaːva/
    Rhymes: -aːva

Etymology 1

From Old Norse stafa, from stafr (Icelandic stafur (staff, pole; (wooden) pillar; pillar of light)).

Verb

stafa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stafaði, supine stafað)

  1. to spell [with accusative]
    Synonym: stafsetja
    Hvernig stafarðu þetta orð?
    How do you spell this word?
  2. to radiate, emanate [with dative]
  3. to result, stem (from), be caused (by) [with af (+ dative)]
Conjugation
stafa – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur stafa
supine sagnbót stafað
present participle
stafandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég stafa stafaði stafi stafaði
þú stafar stafaðir stafir stafaðir
hann, hún, það stafar stafaði stafi stafaði
plural við stöfum stöfuðum stöfum stöfuðum
þið stafið stöfuðuð stafið stöfuðuð
þeir, þær, þau stafa stöfuðu stafi stöfuðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú stafa (þú), stafaðu
plural þið stafið (þið), stafiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Etymology 2

Noun

stafa

  1. indefinite genitive plural of stafur

Anagrams

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɑ.fɑ/, [ˈstɑ.vɑ]

Noun

stafa

  1. genitive plural of stæf

Old Norse

Noun

stafa

  1. genitive/accusative plural of stafr