staur

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse staurr, from Proto-Germanic *stauraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /støyːr/

  Rhymes: -øyːr

Noun

staur m (genitive singular staurs, nominative plural staurar)

1. post, pole
2. a stiff person

Declension

declension of staur

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	staur	staurinn	staurar	staurarnir
accusative	staur	staurinn	staura	staurana
dative	staur	staurnum	staurum	staurunum
genitive	staurs	staursins	staura	stauranna

Further reading

• “staur” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse staurr, from Proto-Germanic *stauraz.

Noun

staur m (definite singular stauren, indefinite plural staurar, definite plural staurane)

1. a stake, rod or pole that has a sharpened point in one end
2. an asinine person

Derived terms

• endestaur
• gardstaur
• gjerdestaur
• hesjestaur
• jarnstaur
• jernstaur
• kornstaur
• larvstaur
• latstaur

 

Related terms

• stå

Verb

staur

1. imperative of staura

References

• “staur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• raust, ruast, rusta, rutas, staur, stuar, stura, sutar, sutra, truas, trusa, turas, tusar, urast, utras

Old Norse

Noun

staur

1. accusative singular indefinite of staurr

Romanian

Noun

staur n (plural staure)

1. Obsolete form of staul.

Declension

Declension of staur

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) staur	staurul	(niște) staure	staurele
genitive/dative	(unui) staur	staurului	(unor) staure	staurelor
vocative	staurule		staurelor

References

• staur in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN