stab

See also Stab, STAB, and stáb

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Middle English

Pronunciation

• enPR: stăb, IPA: /stæb/, SAMPA: /st{b/

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• Rhymes: -æb

Noun

stab (plural stabs)

1. An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
2. A wound made by stabbing.
3. Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.
4. (informal) An attempt.

   I'll give this thankless task a stab.

5. Criticism.

Derived terms

• have a stab at, take a stab at
• stabbing
• stabby
• stab vest
• stab in the dark
• stab in the back

Translations

act of stabbing

Dutch: steek (nl) Finnish: pisto (fi), pistäminen (fi) Latgalian: dūrt Latvian: durt (lv)

Lithuanian: durti (lt) Norwegian: stikk (no) n. Persian: خنجر زدن (fa) Russian: удар (ru) m., колоть (ru)

wound made by stabbing

Dutch: steekwond (nl) Finnish: pistohaava (fi) Italian: coltellata (it) f., pugnalata (it) f.

Norwegian: stikk (no) n. Russian: колотая рана f.

pain inflicted on a person's feelings

Finnish: pisto (fi)

Norwegian: stikk (no) n.

attempt

Dutch: poging (nl) Russian: попытка (ru) f.

Ukrainian: спроба (uk) f.

criticism

Dutch: kritiek (nl),aanval (nl) Norwegian: stikk (no) n.

Russian: критика (ru) f. Ukrainian: критика (uk) f.

Verb

stab (third-person singular simple present stabs, present participle stabbing, simple past and past participle stabbed)

1. (transitive) To pierce or to wound with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
2. (transitive) To aim a blow with a weapon or a finger (at someone or something).
3. (intransitive) To aim a blow with a weapon or a finger.
4. (intransitive) To cause a sharp, painful sensation.

Derived terms

• stabber noun

Translations

To pierce or wound with pointed tool or weapon

Arabic: طعن (ṭáʕana) Armenian: խոցել (hy) (xoc'el) Bosnian: bosti (bs) Burmese: ထိုး (my) (hto:) Catalan: apunyalar (ca), acoltellar (ca) Chinese: 朿 (cì) Croatian: bosti (hr) Czech: pobodat (cs) Dutch: steken (nl) Finnish: puukottaa (fi) French: poignarder (fr), frapper d'un coup de couteau (fr) Galician: apuñalar (gl), acoitelar (gl) German: stechen (de), erstechen (de), niederstechen (de) Hungarian: döf (hu), szúr (hu) Irish: sáigh (ga) Italian: pugnalare (it), accoltellare (it)

Japanese: please add this translation if you can Latin: confodio (la), fodio (la), perfodio (la), transfodio (la), traicio (la), perfigo (la), perforo (la), pungo (la) Lithuanian: badyti (lt) Norwegian: stikke (no) Portuguese: apunhalar (pt), esfaquear (pt) Romanian: înjunghia (ro), străpunge (ro), a da o lovitură de cuțit (ro), Romansch: stilettar (rm), cuntellar (rm) Russian: закалывать (ru) (zakályvat’), прокалывать (ru) Santali: ᱨᱳᱜ (rok') Serbian: bosti (sr) Spanish: apuñalar (es), acuchillar (es) Swedish: sticka (sv) Turkish: bıçaklamak (tr), şişlemek (tr) Welsh: gwanu (cy), trywanu (cy)

To aim a blow with a weapon or a finger (at someone or something)

Dutch: steken (nl)

Hungarian: bök (hu)

To aim a blow with a weapon or a finger

Dutch: steken (nl)

Hungarian: bök (hu), böködik (hu)

To cause a sharp painful sensation

Dutch: steken (nl) Hungarian: nyilallik (hu)

Norwegian: stikke (no) Russian: ранить (ru)

Anagrams

• ATBs
• bast
• bats
• tabs

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Danish

Etymology

From German Stab.

Noun

stab c. (singular definite staben, plural indefinite stabe)

1. staff

Inflection

    Inflection of stab

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	stab	staben	stabe	stabene
genitive	stabs	stabens	stabes	stabenes

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Swedish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology

From German Stab.

Noun

stab c.

1. a staff

Declension

Declension of stab

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stab	staben	staber	staberna
genitive	stabs	stabens	stabers	stabernas