stari

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • stare, stãteari, stãteri

Etymology

From stau or from Latin stāre. Compare Romanian stare.

Noun

stari f (plural stãri)

  1. action of staying, remaining, stopping
  2. action of residing, living at

Noun

stari f (plural stãri)

  1. property, fortune
  2. state, condition
  3. situation

See also

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian stare, from Latin stō. Compare French ester, Spanish estar, English stay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstari/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ari
  • Hyphenation: sta‧ri

Verb

stari (present staras, past staris, future staros, conditional starus, volitive staru)

  1. (intransitive) to be standing
    • 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Genezo 24:43.
      Jen mi staras apud la fonto da akvo.
      Here I stand by the spring.
  2. (figuratively) to take a position on an issue

Conjugation

Conjugation of stari
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense staras staris staros
active participle staranta starantaj starinta starintaj staronta starontaj
acc. starantan starantajn starintan starintajn starontan starontajn
nominal active participle staranto starantoj starinto starintoj staronto starontoj
acc. staranton starantojn starinton starintojn staronton starontojn
adverbial active participle starante starinte staronte
infinitive stari imperative staru conditional starus

Derived terms

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse stari.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɛaːɹɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛaːɹɪ

Noun

stari m (genitive singular stara, plural starar)

  1. starling (Sturnus vulgaris), in the Faroes: Sturnus vulgaris faroensis

Declension

m1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stari starin starar stararnir
accusative stara staran starar stararnar
dative stara staranum starum starunum
genitive stara starans stara staranna

Icelandic

Alternative forms

  • starri

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstaːrɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aːrɪ

Noun

stari m (genitive singular stara, nominative plural starar)

  1. starling (bird)
    1. specifically, the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Declension

Declension of stari (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stari starinn starar stararnir
accusative stara starann stara starana
dative stara staranum störum störunum
genitive stara starans stara staranna

Italian

Verb

stari

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

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

stārī

  1. present passive infinitive of stō

Latvian

Noun

stari m

  1. nominative plural of stars
  2. vocative plural of stars

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstaː.rɪ/

Noun

stari

  1. plural of star

Old Norse

Verb

stari

  1. inflection of stara:
    1. first-person singular present active indicative
    2. third-person singular/plural present active subjunctive

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

stȃri (Cyrillic spelling ста̑ри)

  1. inflection of star:
    1. masculine nominative/vocative plural
    2. definite masculine nominative/vocative singular
    3. definite inanimate masculine accusative singular

Noun

stȃrī m anim (Cyrillic spelling ста̑рӣ)

  1. old man
  2. (slang) father, dad

Declension

Declension of stari
singular plural
nominative stari starī
genitive starog starih
dative starom starima
accusative starog stare
vocative stari stari
locative starom starima
instrumental starim starima

Synonyms

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English star. Likely a late borrowing, as st- typically simplifies to t- in words of English origin[1] (see tan, tori, tiki).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstaɾi/, [ˈsta̠ɾi], [ˈstɑ̟ɾi]

Noun

stari

  1. (astronomy) star

Descendants

  • Aukan: sitali

See also

References

  • Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “stari”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary
  1. ^ Echteld, Johannes J. M. (1962) The English Words in Sranan (Negro-English of Surinam)[1], USA: J.B. Wolters Groningen, page 45