From Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra (“star”), from Proto-West Germanic *sterrō, variant of *sternō, from Proto-Germanic *sternô, *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”). Doublet of aster, stella, étoile, and estoile.
Cognate with Scots starn, ster, North Frisian steer, West Frisian stjer, Saterland Frisian Stiern, Dutch ster, Luxembourgish Stär, German Stern, Yiddish שטערן (shtern), Vilamovian śtaom, Swedish stjärna, Norwegian stjerne, Icelandic stjarna, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 (stairnō), Spanish estrella, Portuguese estrela, Italian stella, Romanian stea, Occitan estela, Venetian stéła, Sicilian stidda, Sardinian isteddu, Mirandese streilha, Walloon sitoele, Romansch staila, Megleno-Romanian steau̯ă, Istriot stila, Istro-Romanian ste, Latin stēlla, Greek αστέρι (astéri), Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr), Old Armenian աստղ (astł), Persian ستاره (setâre), Tajik ситора (sitora), Pashto ستوری (storay), Mazanderani اساره (ëssâre), Northern Kurdish stêr, Central Kurdish ئەستێرە (estêre), Zazaki astare, Ossetian стъалы (st’aly), Hindi तारा (tārā), Urdu تارا (tārā), Punjabi ਤਾਰਾ (tārā), Gujarati તારો (tāro), Sanskrit तारा (tārā).
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star (plural stars)
star (third-person singular simple present stars, present participle starring, simple past and past participle starred)
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From Middle Dutch star, from Old Dutch *star, from Proto-West Germanic *star, from Proto-Germanic *staraz.
star (comparative starder, superlative starst)
Inflection of star | ||||
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uninflected | star | |||
inflected | starre | |||
comparative | starder | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | star | starder | het starst het starste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | starre | stardere | starste |
n. sing. | star | starder | starste | |
plural | starre | stardere | starste | |
definite | starre | stardere | starste | |
partitive | stars | starders | — |
star f (plural stars)
star f (invariable)
star (plural star dem, quantified star)
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s-t-r |
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star m (plural stari)
star
star m (definite singular staren, indefinite plural starar, definite plural starane)
star m (definite singular staren, indefinite plural starar, definite plural starane)
star (first-person singular present stou, first-person singular preterite stive, past participle stado)
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Borrowed from English star. Doublet of stea.
star n (plural staruri)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) star | starul | (niște) staruri | starurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) star | starului | (unor) staruri | starurilor |
vocative | starule | starurilor |
star
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starъ.
stȁr (definite stȃrī, comparative stàrijī, Cyrillic spelling ста̏р)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | star | stara | staro | |
genitive | stara | stare | stara | |
dative | staru | staroj | staru | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
star stara |
staru | staro |
vocative | star | stara | staro | |
locative | staru | staroj | staru | |
instrumental | starim | starom | starim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | stari | stare | stara | |
genitive | starih | starih | starih | |
dative | starim(a) | starim(a) | starim(a) | |
accusative | stare | stare | stara | |
vocative | stari | stare | stara | |
locative | starim(a) | starim(a) | starim(a) | |
instrumental | starim(a) | starim(a) | starim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | stari | stara | staro | |
genitive | starog(a) | stare | starog(a) | |
dative | starom(u/e) | staroj | starom(u/e) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
stari starog(a) |
staru | staro |
vocative | stari | stara | staro | |
locative | starom(e/u) | staroj | starom(e/u) | |
instrumental | starim | starom | starim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | stari | stare | stara | |
genitive | starih | starih | starih | |
dative | starim(a) | starim(a) | starim(a) | |
accusative | stare | stare | stara | |
vocative | stari | stare | stara | |
locative | starim(a) | starim(a) | starim(a) | |
instrumental | starim(a) | starim(a) | starim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | stariji | starija | starije | |
genitive | starijeg(a) | starije | starijeg(a) | |
dative | starijem(u) | starijoj | starijem(u) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
stariji starijeg(a) |
stariju | starije |
vocative | stariji | starija | starije | |
locative | starijem(u) | starijoj | starijem(u) | |
instrumental | starijim | starijom | starijim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | stariji | starije | starija | |
genitive | starijih | starijih | starijih | |
dative | starijim(a) | starijim(a) | starijim(a) | |
accusative | starije | starije | starija | |
vocative | stariji | starije | starija | |
locative | starijim(a) | starijim(a) | starijim(a) | |
instrumental | starijim(a) | starijim(a) | starijim(a) |
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
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nominative | najstariji | najstarija | najstarije | |
genitive | najstarijeg(a) | najstarije | najstarijeg(a) | |
dative | najstarijem(u) | najstarijoj | najstarijem(u) | |
accusative | inanimate animate |
najstariji najstarijeg(a) |
najstariju | najstarije |
vocative | najstariji | najstarija | najstarije | |
locative | najstarijem(u) | najstarijoj | najstarijem(u) | |
instrumental | najstarijim | najstarijom | najstarijim | |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | najstariji | najstarije | najstarija | |
genitive | najstarijih | najstarijih | najstarijih | |
dative | najstarijim(a) | najstarijim(a) | najstarijim(a) | |
accusative | najstarije | najstarije | najstarija | |
vocative | najstariji | najstarije | najstarija | |
locative | najstarijim(a) | najstarijim(a) | najstarijim(a) | |
instrumental | najstarijim(a) | najstarijim(a) | najstarijim(a) |
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starъ.
stȁr (comparative starȇjši, superlative nȁjstarȇjši)
Hard | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nom. sing. | stàr | stára | stáro |
singular | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | stàr ind stári def |
stára | stáro |
genitive | stárega | stáre | stárega |
dative | stáremu | stári | stáremu |
accusative | nominativeinan or genitiveanim |
stáro | stáro |
locative | stárem | stári | stárem |
instrumental | stárim | stáro | stárim |
dual | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | stára | stári | stári |
genitive | stárih | stárih | stárih |
dative | stárima | stárima | stárima |
accusative | stára | stári | stári |
locative | stárih | stárih | stárih |
instrumental | stárima | stárima | stárima |
plural | |||
masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | stári | stáre | stára |
genitive | stárih | stárih | stárih |
dative | stárim | stárim | stárim |
accusative | stáre | stáre | stára |
locative | stárih | stárih | stárih |
instrumental | stárimi | stárimi | stárimi |
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
From Latin stāre, present active infinitive of stō. Compare Italian stare.
star
infinitive | star | |||||
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auxiliary verb | èser | gerund | stando | |||
past participle | stà | |||||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
present | sto | (te) sti | (el/ła) sta | stémo, stòn | sté | (i/łe) sta |
imperfect | stava | (te) stavi | (el/ła) stava | stàvimo | stavi | (i/łe) stava |
future | starò | (te) starè | (el/ła) starà | starémo | starè | (i/łe) starà |
conditional | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
present | starìa | (te) starisi | (el/ła) starìa | starìsimo | starisi | (i/łe) starìa |
subjunctive | che mi | che ti | che eło / eła | che noialtri / noialtre | che voialtri / voialtre | che łuri / łore |
present | ste, sta | (te) sti | (el/ła) ste, (el/ła) sta | stémo, stone | sté | (i/łe) ste, (i/łe) sta |
imperfect | stase | (te) stasi | (el/ła) stase | stàsimo | stasi | (i/łe) stase |
imperative | — | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
— | (te) sta | (el/ła) sta, (el/ła) ste | stémo | sté | (i/łe) sta, (i/łe) ste |