stef

Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /stɛːv/
Rhymes: -ɛːv

Noun edit

stef n (genitive singular stefs, nominative plural stef)

(music) refrain, burden
(music) motif, theme

Declension edit

declension of stef

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
n-s	singular		plural
nominative	stef	stefið	stef	stefin
accusative	stef	stefið	stef	stefin
dative	stefi	stefinu	stefjum	stefjunum
genitive	stefs	stefsins	stefja	stefjanna

Middle English edit

Noun edit

stef

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of staf

Old Frisian edit

Ēn stef.

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *stab.^[1] Cognates include Old English stæf and Old Saxon staf.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈstef/, [ˈstæf]

Noun edit

stef m

staff, rod

Descendants edit

Saterland Frisian: Stäf

References edit

^ Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 29

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