stam
English edit
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Verb edit
stam (third-person singular simple present stams, present participle stamming, simple past and past participle stammed)
- (UK, dialect, obsolete, transitive) To confound.
Noun edit
stam
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Etymology edit
From Dutch stam, from Middle Dutch stam, from Old Dutch *stam, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *stamniz.
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Noun edit
stam (plural stamme)
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch stam, from Old Dutch *stam, from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz.
Noun edit
stam m (plural stammen, diminutive stammetje n)
- trunk of a tree
- Synonym: boomstam
- (linguistics) stem
- tribe, clan
- Synonym: volksstam
- (biology, taxonomy) phylum
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Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
stam
- inflection of stammen:
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
stam (masculine and feminine stam, neuter stamt, definite singular and plural stamme)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
stam m (definite singular stammen, indefinite plural stammar, definite plural stammane)
- European chub (Squalius cephalus)
- Synonym: årbuk
References edit
- “stam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish staffn, stampn, from Old Norse stafn. Cognate with Danish stavn.
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audio (file)
Noun edit
stam c
Declension edit
Declension of stam | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | stam | stammen | stammar | stammarna |
Genitive | stams | stammens | stammars | stammarnas |
References edit
- stam in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
stam c (plural stammen, diminutive stamke)
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Further reading edit
- “stam”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011