stilla

From Old Norse stilla (“to calm”), borrowed from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon *stillian, from Proto-West Germanic *stillijan (“to make still”).

stilla

1. (intransitive) to stop, to come to a standstill
2. (intransitive) to calm down
3. (transitive) to calm

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From Old Norse stilla (“to calm”), borrowed from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon *stillian, from Proto-West Germanic *stillijan (“to make still”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɪtla/
• Rhymes: -ɪtla

stilla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stillti, supine stillt)

1. (transitive) to calm, to still
2. (transitive) to adjust
3. (transitive, of a musical instrument) to tune

   Synonym: stemma

4. (reflexive) to calm down

• stilling

From Latin stilla.

stilla f (plural stille)

1. drop

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

stilla

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

• stalli

Probably a diminutive from stīria (“frozen drop, icicle”), compare Ancient Greek στίλη (stílē, “minute particle, a drop”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈstiːl.la]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈst̪il.la]

stīlla f (genitive stīllae); first declension

1. a drop (of a liquid)
2. (figuratively) a drop, small quantity

First-declension noun.

• Italian: stilla
• → English: still (as in whisky still)

• “stilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “stī̆lla”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 587

• istilla (after the definite article)

Borrowed from Sicilian stidda, stilla, from Latin stēlla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɪl.la/

stilla f (plural stilel or (less common) stilli)

1. star

   Synonyms: kewkba, (obsolete) niġma

• IPA^(key): /²stɪlːɑ/

stilla f

1. definite singular of stille

• stille
• stella
• stelle

stilla (present tense stiller, past tense stilte, past participle stilt, present participle stillande, imperative still)

1. to place, put, position

   Eg stiller denne vasen på bordet.

   I place this vase on the table.

2. to assume a certain position, literally or figuratively

   Still deg inn til veggen!

   Stand against the wall!

   Ho stilte til val.

   She ran for office.

   Han stilte seg tvilande til dette.

   He doubted this (He assumed a doubting position towards this)

   Eg stiller på fem minutt om du treng meg.

   I will be there in five minutes if you need me.

From Old Norse stilla. Akin to English still.

• stille

stilla (present tense stiller, past tense stilte, past participle stilt, present participle stillande, imperative still)

1. to stop, alleviate (only in certain contexts, or poetic/archaic)

   Eg stilte den verste svolten med eit eple.

   I alleviated the worst of my hunger with an apple.

• “stilla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse stilla, borrowed from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon *stillian, from Proto-West Germanic *stillijan.

stilla

1. to calm
2. to stop a flow (of water)
3. to suppress
4. to avert, prevent

• Swedish: stilla

• Audio:

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From Middle Low German stille, from Old Saxon stilli, from Proto-West Germanic *stillī.

stilla (comparative mer stilla, superlative mest stilla)

1. still, calm

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From Old Swedish stilla, from Old Norse stilla, borrowed from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon *stillian, from Proto-West Germanic *stillijan.

stilla (present stillar, preterite stillade, supine stillat, imperative stilla)

1. to still
2. to make quiet

• stillare