See also: stia

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse stía, stí, from Proto-Germanic *stiją, which could be ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (to stiffen), similar to *stainaz (stone).[1] Compare English sty.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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stía f (genitive singular stíu, nominative plural stíur)

  1. sty, pen

Declension

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    Declension of stía
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stía stían stíur stíurnar
accusative stíu stíuna stíur stíurnar
dative stíu stíunni stíum stíunum
genitive stíu stíunnar stía stíanna

Verb

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stía (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stíaði, supine stíað)

  1. (transitive, with dative) to pen, to keep in a sty
  2. (transitive, with dative) to separate, to keep apart

Conjugation

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