stova

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse stofa from older form stufa, from Proto-Germanic *stubō (“room, living room, heated room”). Cognate with English stove, German Stube (“a parlor”) from the Old High German stuba, Danish stue (“living room; small house; large bedroom in a hospital”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɔːva/
• Rhymes: -ɔːva

Noun

stova f (genitive singular stovu, plural stovur)

1. parlor, parlour, room
2. common room, assembly room
3. dwelling, house
4. (administration) office

Declension

Declension of stova
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	stova	stovan	stovur	stovurnar
accusative	stovu	stovuna	stovur	stovurnar
dative	stovu	stovuni	stovum	stovunum
genitive	stovu	stovunnar	stova	stovanna

Derived terms

some include
room

• baðstova (bathroom)
• bálstova (crematorium)
• bestastova (livingroom)
• dansistova (room for Faroese chain dance)
• (hospital) einastova (single room)
• kaffistova (coffee bar)
• lesistova (reading room; workroom of a priest)
• lærarastova (teacher's longue)
• matstova (restaurant; diningroom)
• myrkastova (jail)
• roykstova (smoking room)
• sjónvarpsstova (TV studio; television room)
• sjúkrastova (sickroom)
• skrivstova (office)
• skurðstova (operating room)
• starvsstova (laboratory)
• vøggustova (nursery)

house names

• Jógvansstova (the house of John)
• Ólavsstova (the house of Olav)
• Nýggjastova (the new house)

administration

• almannastova (social welfare office)
• gjaldstova (finance office)
• hagstova (satistics office)
• kanningarstova (research office)
• kunningarstova (information bureau, information desk)
• ráðstova (ministry, department)
• sendistova, sendiharrastova (embassy)
• tíðindastova (news agency)
• útvarpsstova (radio station)
• veðurstova (weather office)

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²stoːva/
• Rhymes: -²oːva

Noun

stova c

1. (archaic, dialectal) Alternative form of stuga
   • 1984, “Vargsången”, Astrid Lindgren (lyrics):

     Vargen ylar i nattens skog / han vill men kan inte sova. / Hungern river hans vargabuk / och det är kallt i hans stova.

     The wolf howls in the forest of the night / he wants to sleep but cannot. / Hunger is tearing his wolf belly / and it is cold in his cottage.

Declension

Declension of stova
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	stova	stovan	stovor	stovorna
Genitive	stovas	stovans	stovors	stovornas

References

• stuga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)