stál
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stál
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From Old Norse stál, from Proto-Germanic *stahlą, from Proto-Indo-European *stak- (“to stay, be firm”). Compare Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish stål, Dutch staal, German Stahl, also English steel.
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stál n (genitive singular stáls, nominative plural stál)
- steel; (a metal alloy of mostly iron with carbon)
- (by extension) a thing made of steel, e.g. a sword or a steel beam
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declension of stál