stara

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑrɑ/, [ˈs̠tɑ̝rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sta‧ra
• Hyphenation^(key): sta‧ra

Borrowed from English star, with contamination from stara (etymology 2).

stara (informal)

1. star, talented person

   Synonyms: taituri, tähti

2. star, leading actor

   Synonyms: tähti, tähtinäyttelijä

3. star, famous person

   Synonyms: julkimo, julkkis

• “1. stara”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Borrowed from Russian старик (starik).

stara (dated)

1. (Helsinki slang) geezer, old man

• “2. stara”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

• rasta, ratas, sarat

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaːra/
  • Rhymes: -aːra

From Old Norse stara, from Proto-Germanic *starjaną.

1=starði
2=starað

stara

1. (intransitive) to stare

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• stara eins og naut á nývirki

stara

1. indefinite accusative singular of stari
2. indefinite dative singular of stari
3. indefinite genitive singular of stari
4. indefinite accusative plural of stari
5. indefinite genitive plural of stari

stara

1. inflection of starare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• -astra, sarta

stara f (4th declension)

1. leg (of trousers)

   Šo džinsu kreisajā starā ir caurums.

   The left leg of these jeans has a tear.

stara m

1. genitive singular of stars

• IPA^(key): [ˈstara]

stara

1. feminine nominative singular of stary

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑ.rɑ/

stara

1. genitive plural of stær

From Proto-Germanic *starāną (“to gaze, observe”). Cognate with Old English starian (modern English stare).

stara (singular past indicative starði, plural past indicative stǫrðu, past participle starat)

1. to stare

• Icelandic: stara
• Faroese: stara
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stara

• Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “stara”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: sta‧ra
• Homophone: Stara

From stary +‎ -a.

stara

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of stary

stara f (male equivalent stary)

1. (nominalized, colloquial, expressive) female equivalent of stary (“old lady”) (mother)
2. (nominalized, colloquial, expressive, literally) female equivalent of stary (“old lady”)
3. (nominalized, colloquial, expressive) female equivalent of stary (“old lady”) (wife)
4. (nominalized, colloquial, expressive) female equivalent of stary (“friend, dudette”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

stara

1. third-person singular present of starać

• stara in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• stara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

stara (Cyrillic spelling стара)

1. inflection of star:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

stara (Cyrillic spelling стара)

1. third-person singular present of starati

stȃra f (Cyrillic spelling ста̑ра)

1. old woman
2. (slang) mother, mum, mom

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stara class IX (plural stara class X)

1. alternative form of sitara