starr

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin starrum, from Hebrew שְׁטָר (šĕṭār).

Noun

starr (plural starrs or starra)

  1. (historical) A receipt given by Jews on payment of debt.
    • 1846, Moses Margoliouth, The Jews in Great Britain:
      It is well known that, before the banishment of the Jews under Edward I., their contracts and obligations were denominated in our ancient records starra, or starrs, from a corruption of the Hebrew word shetar, a covenant.
    • 1893, Joseph Jacobs, The Jews of Angevin England‎:
      In the Treasury nil, and bv quittance which the said Gervase and Hugo his son have of the said debt by a Starr which the said Hugo produced at the Treasury before the Barons £90.
    • 1932, The Publications of the Selden Society, volume 49, page 1:
      Huntingdonshirr. son of master Moss the Jew, by his charter, he came before the justices, etc., and proffered certain starrs of acquittance of the said debt which the aforesaid Jacob had made to the aforesaid Nicholas his father, as he says, at the time when the same Jacob had the free administration of his goods.
    • 2013, Sarah Rees Jones, Christians and Jews in Angevin England:
      Later in the same year 'when Burnell had retired from court' he personally acknowledged twenty-two Jewish starra whilst he was staying at Beaulieu.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtar/, , ,
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: Star (some speakers)

Etymology 1

From Middle High German star, from Old High German *star, from Proto-West Germanic *star.

Adjective

starr (strong nominative masculine singular starrer, comparative starrer, superlative am starrsten)

  1. rigid
Declension
Positive forms of starr
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist starr sie ist starr es ist starr sie sind starr
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative starrer starre starres starre
genitive starren starrer starren starrer
dative starrem starrer starrem starren
accusative starren starre starres starre
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der starre die starre das starre die starren
genitive des starren der starren des starren der starren
dative dem starren der starren dem starren den starren
accusative den starren die starre das starre die starren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein starrer eine starre ein starres (keine) starren
genitive eines starren einer starren eines starren (keiner) starren
dative einem starren einer starren einem starren (keinen) starren
accusative einen starren eine starre ein starres (keine) starren
Comparative forms of starr
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist starrer sie ist starrer es ist starrer sie sind starrer
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative starrerer starrere starreres starrere
genitive starreren starrerer starreren starrerer
dative starrerem starrerer starrerem starreren
accusative starreren starrere starreres starrere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der starrere die starrere das starrere die starreren
genitive des starreren der starreren des starreren der starreren
dative dem starreren der starreren dem starreren den starreren
accusative den starreren die starrere das starrere die starreren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein starrerer eine starrere ein starreres (keine) starreren
genitive eines starreren einer starreren eines starreren (keiner) starreren
dative einem starreren einer starreren einem starreren (keinen) starreren
accusative einen starreren eine starrere ein starreres (keine) starreren
Superlative forms of starr
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am starrsten sie ist am starrsten es ist am starrsten sie sind am starrsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative starrster starrste starrstes starrste
genitive starrsten starrster starrsten starrster
dative starrstem starrster starrstem starrsten
accusative starrsten starrste starrstes starrste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der starrste die starrste das starrste die starrsten
genitive des starrsten der starrsten des starrsten der starrsten
dative dem starrsten der starrsten dem starrsten den starrsten
accusative den starrsten die starrste das starrste die starrsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein starrster eine starrste ein starrstes (keine) starrsten
genitive eines starrsten einer starrsten eines starrsten (keiner) starrsten
dative einem starrsten einer starrsten einem starrsten (keinen) starrsten
accusative einen starrsten eine starrste ein starrstes (keine) starrsten
Alternative forms
  • storr (archaic or regional)
Related terms
See also

Etymology 2

See the lemma.

Verb

starr

  1. singular imperative of starren

Further reading

  • “starr” in Duden online
  • “starr” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

starr f (genitive singular starra, nominative plural starrtha)

  1. protrusion (anything that protrudes), prominence (bulge), projection (something which projects)
  2. (anatomy, biology) process (outgrowth of tissue or cell; structure that arises above a surface.)

Declension

Declension of starr

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative starr starrtha
Vocative a starr a starrtha
Genitive starra starrtha
Dative starr starrtha

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an starr na starrtha
Genitive na starra na starrtha
Dative leis an starr

don starr

leis na starrtha

Derived terms

Further reading

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English starre, from Old English steorra, from Proto-West Germanic *sterrō.

Pronunciation

Noun

starr (plural starrès)

  1. star

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 69
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