stari

See also: staří, stáří, stări, and стари

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• stare, stãteari, stãteri

Etymology

From stau or from Latin stāre. Compare Romanian stare.

Noun

stari f (plural stãri)

1. action of staying, remaining, stopping
2. action of residing, living at

Noun

stari f (plural stãri)

1. property, fortune
2. state, condition
3. situation

See also

• aveari
• catandisi

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian stare, from Latin stō. Compare French ester, Spanish estar, English stay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstari]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ari
• Hyphenation: sta‧ri

Verb

stari (present staras, past staris, future staros, conditional starus, volitive staru)

1. (intransitive) to be standing
   • 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Genezo 24:43.

     Jen mi staras apud la fonto da akvo.

     Here I stand by the spring.

2. (figuratively) to take a position on an issue

Conjugation

Conjugation of stari present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense staras staris staros active participle staranta starantaj starinta starintaj staronta starontaj acc. starantan starantajn starintan starintajn starontan starontajn nominal active participle staranto starantoj starinto starintoj staronto starontoj acc. staranton starantojn starinton starintojn staronton starontojn adverbial active participle starante starinte staronte infinitive stari imperative staru conditional starus

Derived terms

• antaŭstari (“to stand in front of”)
• ekstari (“to get up”)
• elstari (“to stand out”)
• kontraŭstari (“to oppose”)
• starigi (“to stand something up”)
• stariĝi (“to stand up”)

 

Faroese

stari -starling

Etymology

From Old Norse stari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛaːɹɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛaːɹɪ

Noun

stari m (genitive singular stara, plural starar)

1. starling (Sturnus vulgaris), in the Faroes: Sturnus vulgaris faroensis

Declension

Declension of stari
m1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stari	starin	starar	stararnir
accusative	stara	staran	starar	stararnar
dative	stara	staranum	starum	starunum
genitive	stara	starans	stara	staranna

Icelandic

Alternative forms

• starri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaːrɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːrɪ

Noun

stari m (genitive singular stara, nominative plural starar)

1. starling (bird)
   1. specifically, the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Declension

declension of stari

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stari	starinn	starar	stararnir
accusative	stara	starann	stara	starana
dative	stara	staranum	störum	störunum
genitive	stara	starans	stara	staranna

Italian

Verb

stari

1. inflection of starare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• -astri, Taris, Trias, astri, rista, rista', ristà, sarti, sitar, stira, stria, tarsi

Latin

Verb

stārī

1. present passive infinitive of stō

Latvian

Noun

stari m

1. nominative plural of stars
2. vocative plural of stars

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaː.rɪ/

Noun

stari ?

1. plural of star

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish stary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstari/
• Rhymes: -ari
• Syllabification: sta‧ri

Adjective

stari (comparative starsÿ, superlative nástarsÿ)

1. old
   • 2018, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Paweł Pogorzelski and Psioter ôt Sziatków (Piotr Szatkowski), Małi Princ [The Little Prince], →ISBN, page 28:

     – Ówtén je barzo stari.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Old Norse

Verb

stari

1. inflection of stara:
   1. first-person singular present active indicative
   2. third-person singular/plural present active subjunctive

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

stȃri (Cyrillic spelling ста̑ри)

1. inflection of star:
   1. masculine nominative/vocative plural
   2. definite masculine nominative/vocative singular
   3. definite inanimate masculine accusative singular

Noun

stȃrī m (Cyrillic spelling ста̑рӣ)

1. old man
2. (slang) father, dad

Declension

Declension of stari

	singular	plural
nominative	stari	starī
genitive	starog	starih
dative	starom	starima
accusative	starog	stare
vocative	stari	stari
locative	starom	starima
instrumental	starim	starima

Synonyms

• matori (colloquial)

Sranan Tongo

Stari

Etymology

From English star. Likely a late borrowing, as st- typically simplifies to t- in words of English origin (see tan, tori, tiki).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta.ri/

Noun

stari

1. (astronomy) star

Descendants

• Aukan: sitali

See also

• mun, son

References

• Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “stari”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary