stjarna

See also: stjärna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse stjarna, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstjartna/

  Rhymes: -artna

Noun

stjarna f (genitive singular stjörnu, nominative plural stjörnur)

1. (astronomy) a star

Declension

Declension of stjarna (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stjarna	stjarnan	stjörnur	stjörnurnar
accusative	stjörnu	stjörnuna	stjörnur	stjörnurnar
dative	stjörnu	stjörnunni	stjörnum	stjörnunum
genitive	stjörnu	stjörnunnar	stjarna	stjarnanna

Derived terms

• barnastjarna
• fastastjarna
• halastjarna
• pólstjarna
• reikistjarna
• sólstjarna
• sprengistjarna
• stjörnubjartur
• stjörnufælni
• sumarstjarna
• sæstjarna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”). Cognate with Old English steorra, Old Frisian stēra, Old Saxon sterro, Old Dutch sterno, sterro, Old High German sterno, sterro, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 (stairnō).

Noun

stjarna f (genitive stjǫrnu, plural stjǫrnur)

1. star

Declension

Declension of stjarna (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stjarna	stjarnan	stjǫrnur	stjǫrnurnar
accusative	stjǫrnu	stjǫrnuna	stjǫrnur	stjǫrnurnar
dative	stjǫrnu	stjǫrnunni	stjǫrnum	stjǫrnunum
genitive	stjǫrnu	stjǫrnunnar	stjarnna	stjarnnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: stjarna
• Faroese: stjørna
• Norn: sterna
• Norwegian Bokmål: stjerne
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stjerne
• Old Swedish: stiærna
  • Swedish: stjärna
• Old Danish: stiærnæ
  • Danish: stjerne
• Elfdalian: stienna
• Gutnish: stjännå, stjänne
• Scanian: stjærna
• → Middle English: sterne, stern, starne, starn, sterrne, steorrne
  • English: starn (dialectal)
  • Scots: starn

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “stjarna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive