stary

English

Etymology

stare +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɛə.ɹɪ/

Adjective

stary (comparative starier, superlative stariest)

1. Alternative spelling of starey
   • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist:

     Buddy Eagleton was ahead of Reppler and he turned to run, his eyes wide and stary.

Anagrams

• T-rays, artsy, satyr, stray, trays, yrast

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstarɨ/

Adjective

stary (comparative staršy, superlative nejstaršy)

1. old

   Antonyms: młody, nowy

   • 1998, Erwin Hannusch, chapter 1, in Niedersorbisch praktisch und verständlich, Bautzen: Domowina Verlag, →ISBN, page 20:

     Tšochu dalej su Stare wiki.

     Somewhat further on is the Old Market.

Declension

Derived terms

• starjejšej (“parents”)

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “stary”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “stary”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starъ. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /starɨː/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /starɨ/

Adjective

stary (comparative starszy or starzejszy, superlative nastarszy)

1. old (having existed in the past)
2. old (having existed for a long time)
3. old (that is no longer valid)
4. old (of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years)
5. (of a family member, particularly a sibling) older (having been born before another)

Noun

stary m ?

1. old person
2. (in the plural) parents
3. high rank or position
4. elected head of a rural subdivision

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Masurian: stari
• Polish: stary
• Silesian: stary

References

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “stary”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “stary”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish stary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta.rɨ/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.rɨ/

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• Rhymes: -arɨ
• Syllabification: sta‧ry

Adjective

stary (comparative starszy, superlative najstarszy, derived adverb staro)

1. old (of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years)

   Synonyms: leciwy, posunięty w latach, sędziwy, starszy, wcześnie urodzony, wiekowy, zaawansowany wiekiem

   Antonym: młody

2. old (characteristic of such a being)

   Synonym: starczy

   Antonym: młody

3. old (having a lot of experience)

   Synonym: doświadczony

4. old (having existed for a long time)

   Synonym: nienowy

   Antonym: nowy

5. old (destroyed or worn-out)

   Synonym: nienowy

   Antonym: nowy

6. old (that is no longer valid)

   Synonym: dawny

   Antonym: nowy

7. old (having existed for a while but not outdated)

   Synonym: dawny

8. old (familiar, having been known to the speaker for a long time)

   Synonym: dawny

9. old (not fresh)

   Synonym: nieświeży

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

stary m pers (female equivalent stara)

1. (nominalized, colloquial, expressive) old man (father)
2. (nominalized, colloquial, expressive, literally) old man
3. (nominalized, colloquial, expressive) old man (husband)
4. (nominalized, colloquial, expressive) friend, dude

Declension

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), stary is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 44 times in scientific texts, 21 times in news, 39 times in essays, 104 times in fiction, and 76 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 284 times, making it the 180th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

References

Further reading

• stary in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• stary in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “stary”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “STARY”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2010 January 8
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “stary”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “stary”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “stary”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 401
• stary in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish stary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstarɨ/
• Rhymes: -arɨ
• Syllabification: sta‧ry

Adjective

stary (comparative starszy, superlative nojstarszy, derived adverb staro)

1. old (of someone or something that has existed for a relatively long time)

   Synonyms: niymody, syńdziwy

   Antonym: mody

2. old (not new)

   Antonym: nowy

3. old (of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years)
4. old (that is no longer valid)

   Synonym: były

   Antonym: nowy

5. old (known to the speaker for a long time)
6. old (having a lot of experience)

   Antonym: świyży

7. old (not fresh)

   Antonym: mody

Declension

Further reading

• stary in dykcjonorz.eu
• stary in silling.org

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstaʀɨ/
• Rhymes: -aʀɨ
• Syllabification: sta‧ry

Adjective

stary (comparative starši, superlative najstarši, absolute superlative nanajstarši, excessive přestary, adverb starje)

1. old

Declension

Further reading

• “stary” in Soblex