stary
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
stary (comparative starier, superlative stariest)
- Alternative spelling of starey
- 1980, Stephen King, The Mist:
- Buddy Eagleton was ahead of Reppler and he turned to run, his eyes wide and stary.
Anagrams edit
Lower Sorbian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starъ.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
stary (comparative staršy, superlative nejstaršy)
- old
- 1998, Erwin Hannusch, chapter 1, in Niedersorbisch praktisch und verständlich, Bautzen: Domowina Verlag, →ISBN, page 20:
- Tšochu dalej su Stare wiki.
- Somewhat further on is the Old Market.
Declension edit
Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Neuter singular | Dual | Plural | |
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Nominative | stary | stara | stare | starej | stare |
Genitive | starego | stareje | starego | stareju | starych |
Dative | staremu | starej | staremu | staryma | starym |
Accusative | stary starego (animate) |
staru | stare | starej stareju (animate) |
stare starych (optional animate form) |
Instrumental | starym | stareju | starym | staryma | starymi |
Locative | starem | starej | starem | staryma | starych |
Derived terms edit
- starjejšej (“parents”)
Further reading edit
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “stary”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “stary”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Old Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starъ. First attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
stary (comparative starszy or starzejszy, superlative nastarszy)
- old (having existed in the past)
- old (having existed for a long time)
- old (that is no longer valid)
- old (of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years)
- (of a family member, particularly a sibling) older (having been born before another)
Noun edit
stary m ?
Derived terms edit
- być star lat impf
- starzeć impf
Related terms edit
- postarzeć pf
- przestarzeć pf
- zastarzeć pf, zastarzawać impf
- zstarać pf
- zstarzeć pf
Descendants edit
References edit
- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “stary”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “stary”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Polish stary.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈsta.rɨ/
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈsta.rɨ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -arɨ
- Syllabification: sta‧ry
Adjective edit
stary (comparative starszy, superlative najstarszy, derived adverb staro)
- old (of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years)
- Synonyms: leciwy, posunięty w latach, sędziwy, starszy, wcześnie urodzony, wiekowy, zaawansowany wiekiem
- Antonym: młody
- old (characteristic of such a being)
- old (having a lot of experience)
- Synonym: doświadczony
- old (having existed for a long time)
- old (destroyed or worn-out)
- old (that is no longer valid)
- old (having existed for a while but not outdated)
- Synonym: dawny
- old (familiar, having been known to the speaker for a long time)
- Synonym: dawny
- old (not fresh)
- Synonym: nieświeży
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||||
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masculine animate | masculine inanimate | feminine | neuter | virile (= masculine personal) | non-virile | |
nominative | stary | stara | stare | starzy | stare | |
genitive | starego | starej | starego | starych | ||
dative | staremu | starej | staremu | starym | ||
accusative | starego | stary | starą | stare | starych | stare |
instrumental | starym | starą | starym | starymi | ||
locative | starym | starej | starym | starych |
Derived terms edit
- starzeć impf
- zrzucić starą skórę pf, zrzucać starą skórę impf
Noun edit
stary m pers (female equivalent stara)
- (nominalized, colloquial, expressive) old man (father)
- (nominalized, colloquial, expressive, literally) old man
- (nominalized, colloquial, expressive) old man (husband)
- (nominalized, colloquial, expressive) friend, dude
Declension edit
Trivia edit
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), stary is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 44 times in scientific texts, 21 times in news, 39 times in essays, 104 times in fiction, and 76 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 284 times, making it the 180th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]
References edit
Further reading edit
- stary in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- stary in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “stary”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- “STARY”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2010 January 8
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “stary”, in Słownik języka polskiego[2]
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “stary”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861[3]
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “stary”, in Słownik języka polskiego[4] (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 401
- stary in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Silesian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Polish stary.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
stary (comparative starszy, superlative nojstarszy, derived adverb staro)
- old (of someone or something that has existed for a relatively long time)
- old (not new)
- Antonym: nowy
- old (of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years)
- old (that is no longer valid)
- old (known to the speaker for a long time)
- old (having a lot of experience)
- Antonym: świyży
- old (not fresh)
- Antonym: mody
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | virile | nonvirile | ||
nominative | stary | stare | starŏ | starzi | stare | |
genitive | starego | staryj | starych | |||
dative | starymu | staryj | starym | |||
accusative | animate | starego | stare | starõ | starych | stare |
inanimate | stary | |||||
instrumental | starym | starōm | starymi | |||
locative | starym | staryj | starych | |||
vocative | stary | stare | starŏ | starzi | stare |
Further reading edit
Upper Sorbian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starъ.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
stary (comparative starši, superlative najstarši, absolute superlative nanajstarši, excessive přestary, adverb starje)
Declension edit
singular | dual | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | virile | nonvirile | virile | nonvirile | ||
personal/animate | inanimate | |||||||
nominative, vocative | stary | stare | stara | staraj | starej | stari | stare | |
genitive | stareho staroh¹ |
stareje | stareju | starych | ||||
dative | staremu starom¹ |
starej | starymaj | starym | ||||
accusative | stareho staroh¹ |
stary | stare | staru | stareju | starej | starych | stare |
instrumental | starym | starej | starymaj | starymi | ||||
locative | starych |
Further reading edit
- “stary” in Soblex