stava

See also: štava, šťava, and šťáva

Italian

Verb

stava

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of stare

Anagrams

• vasta

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• stavet

Verb

stava

1. inflection of stave:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Swedish

Alternative forms

• stafva (obsolete since 1906)

Etymology

From Old Norse stafa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɑː.va/

• Audio:

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Verb

stava (present stavar, preterite stavade, supine stavat, imperative stava)

1. to spell; to write the individual letters of a word in the order that matches the rules of how that particular word should be written; to give the correct spelling of a word

   Hur stavar du ditt förnamn?

   How do you spell your first name?

Conjugation

Conjugation of stava (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	stava		stavas
Supine	stavat		stavats
Imperative	stava		—
Imper. plural1	staven		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	stavar	stavade	stavas	stavades
Ind. plural1	stava	stavade	stavas	stavades
Subjunctive2	stave	stavade	staves	stavades
	Participles
Present participle	stavande
Past participle	stavad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• stavning (felstavning, rättstavning)
• stavelse
• avstava

Related terms

• stav

Further reading

• stava in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• avats, avtas, savat