stjarna
See also: stjärna
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse stjarna, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstjartna/
- Rhymes: -artna
Noun
stjarna f (genitive singular stjörnu, nominative plural stjörnur)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | stjarna | stjarnan | stjörnur | stjörnurnar |
| accusative | stjörnu | stjörnuna | stjörnur | stjörnurnar |
| dative | stjörnu | stjörnunni | stjörnum | stjörnunum |
| genitive | stjörnu | stjörnunnar | stjarna | stjarnanna |
Derived terms
- barnastjarna
- fastastjarna
- halastjarna
- pólstjarna
- reikistjarna
- sólstjarna
- sprengistjarna
- stjörnubjartur
- stjörnufælni
- sumarstjarna
- sæstjarna
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”). Cognate with Old English steorra, Old Frisian stēra, Old Saxon sterro, Old Dutch sterno, sterro, Old High German sterno, sterro, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 (stairnō).
Noun
stjarna f (genitive stjǫrnu, plural stjǫrnur)
Declension
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | stjarna | stjarnan | stjǫrnur | stjǫrnurnar |
| accusative | stjǫrnu | stjǫrnuna | stjǫrnur | stjǫrnurnar |
| dative | stjǫrnu | stjǫrnunni | stjǫrnum | stjǫrnunum |
| genitive | stjǫrnu | stjǫrnunnar | stjarnna | stjarnnanna |
Descendants
- Icelandic: stjarna
- Faroese: stjørna
- Norn: sterna
- Norwegian Bokmål: stjerne
- Norwegian Nynorsk: stjerne
- Old Swedish: stiærna
- Swedish: stjärna
- Old Danish: stiærnæ
- Danish: stjerne
- Elfdalian: stienna
- Gutnish: stjännå, stjänne
- Scanian: stjærna
- → Middle English: sterne, stern, starne, starn, sterrne, steorrne
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “stjarna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive