stara

Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English star, with contamination from etymology 2.

Noun

stara

  1. (informal) star, talented person
    Synonyms: taituri, tähti
  2. (informal) star, leading actor
    Synonyms: tähti, tähtinäyttelijä
  3. (informal) star, famous person
    Synonyms: julkimo, julkkis
Declension
Inflection of stara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative stara starat
genitive staran starojen
partitive staraa staroja
illative staraan staroihin
singular plural
nominative stara starat
accusative nom. stara starat
gen. staran
genitive staran starojen
starainrare
partitive staraa staroja
inessive starassa staroissa
elative starasta staroista
illative staraan staroihin
adessive staralla staroilla
ablative staralta staroilta
allative staralle staroille
essive starana staroina
translative staraksi staroiksi
instructive staroin
abessive staratta staroitta
comitative staroineen
Possessive forms of stara (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person starani staramme
2nd person starasi staranne
3rd person staransa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian старик (starik).

Noun

stara

  1. (Helsinki slang, dated) geezer, old man
Declension
Inflection of stara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative stara starat
genitive staran starojen
partitive staraa staroja
illative staraan staroihin
singular plural
nominative stara starat
accusative nom. stara starat
gen. staran
genitive staran starojen
starainrare
partitive staraa staroja
inessive starassa staroissa
elative starasta staroista
illative staraan staroihin
adessive staralla staroilla
ablative staralta staroilta
allative staralle staroille
essive starana staroina
translative staraksi staroiksi
instructive staroin
abessive staratta staroitta
comitative staroineen
Possessive forms of stara (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person starani staramme
2nd person starasi staranne
3rd person staransa

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Verb

stara

  1. (intransitive) to stare
Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Noun

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

Italian

Verb

stara

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

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Latvian

Noun

stara f (4th declension)

  1. leg (of trousers)
    Šo džinsu kreisajā starā ir caurums.
    The left leg of these jeans has a tear.

Declension

Noun

stara m

  1. genitive singular form of stars

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈstara]

Adjective

stara

  1. feminine nominative singular of stary

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsta.ra/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: sta‧ra

Etymology 1

From stary + -a.

Noun

stara f (masculine stary)

  1. (slang, derogatory) old lady (mother)
  2. (slang, derogatory, literally) old lady
  3. (slang, derogatory) old lady (wife)
  4. (slang) female equivalent of stary (boss)
  5. (slang) female equivalent of stary (friend, dudette)
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

stara

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of stary

Verb

stara

  1. third-person singular present of starać

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

stara

  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

Verb

stara (Cyrillic spelling стара)

  1. third-person singular present of starati

Noun

stȃra f (Cyrillic spelling ста̑ра)

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

Declension


Swahili

Noun

stara (n class, plural stara)

  1. Alternative form of sitara
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