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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Pre-Germanic *stéypos, from Proto-Indo-European *steyp- (“to be stiff, erect”). Related to Latin stīpō (“to compress”), Lithuanian sti̇̀pti (“to stiffen”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
*stīfaz
- stiff, rigid
Inflection
Declension of *stīfaz (a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*stīfaz
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*stīfō
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*stīfą, -atō
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*stīfai
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*stīfôz
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*stīfō
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*stīfanǭ
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*stīfǭ
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*stīfą, -atō
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*stīfanz
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*stīfōz
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*stīfō
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*stīfas, -is
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*stīfaizōz
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*stīfas, -is
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*stīfaizǫ̂
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*stīfaizǫ̂
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*stīfaizǫ̂
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*stīfammai
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*stīfaizōi
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*stīfammai
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*stīfaimaz
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*stīfaimaz
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*stīfaimaz
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*stīfanō
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*stīfaizō
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*stīfanō
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*stīfaimiz
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*stīfaimiz
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*stīfaimiz
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| Weak declension
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singular
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plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*stīfô
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*stīfǭ
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*stīfô
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*stīfaniz
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*stīfōniz
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*stīfōnō
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*stīfanų
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*stīfōnų
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*stīfô
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*stīfanunz
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*stīfōnunz
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*stīfōnō
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*stīfiniz
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*stīfōniz
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*stīfiniz
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*stīfanǫ̂
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*stīfōnǫ̂
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*stīfanǫ̂
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*stīfini
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*stīfōni
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*stīfini
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*stīfammaz
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*stīfōmaz
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*stīfammaz
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| instrumental
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*stīfinē
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*stīfōnē
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*stīfinē
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*stīfammiz
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*stīfōmiz
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*stīfammiz
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