From Old Norse stilla (“to calm”), borrowed from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon *stillian, from Proto-West Germanic *stillijan (“to make still”).
stilla
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| Conjugation of stilla (group v-9) | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | stilla | |
| supine | stilt | |
| participle (a5)1 | stillandi | stiltur |
| present | past | |
| first singular | stilli | stilti |
| second singular | stillir | stilti |
| third singular | stillir | stilti |
| plural | stilla | stiltu |
| imperative | ||
| singular | still! | |
| plural | stillið! | |
| 1Only the past participle being declined. | ||
| Conjugation of stilla (group v-30) | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | stilla | |
| supine | stillað | |
| participle (a6)1 | stillandi | stillaður |
| present | past | |
| first singular | stilli | stillaði |
| second singular | stillar | stillaði |
| third singular | stillar | stillaði |
| plural | stilla | stillaðu |
| imperative | ||
| singular | stilla! | |
| plural | stillið! | |
| 1Only the past participle being declined. | ||
From Old Norse stilla (“to calm”), borrowed from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon *stillian, from Proto-West Germanic *stillijan (“to make still”).
stilla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stillti, supine stillt)
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að stilla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
stillt | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
stillandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég stilli | við stillum | present (nútíð) |
ég stilli | við stillum |
| þú stillir | þið stillið | þú stillir | þið stillið | ||
| hann, hún, það stillir | þeir, þær, þau stilla | hann, hún, það stilli | þeir, þær, þau stilli | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég stillti | við stilltum | past (þátíð) |
ég stillti | við stilltum |
| þú stilltir | þið stilltuð | þú stilltir | þið stilltuð | ||
| hann, hún, það stillti | þeir, þær, þau stilltu | hann, hún, það stillti | þeir, þær, þau stilltu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
still (þú) | stillið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| stilltu | stilliði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að stillast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) |
stillst | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
stillandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) |
ég stillist | við stillumst | present (nútíð) |
ég stillist | við stillumst |
| þú stillist | þið stillist | þú stillist | þið stillist | ||
| hann, hún, það stillist | þeir, þær, þau stillast | hann, hún, það stillist | þeir, þær, þau stillist | ||
| past (þátíð) |
ég stilltist | við stilltumst | past (þátíð) |
ég stilltist | við stilltumst |
| þú stilltist | þið stilltust | þú stilltist | þið stilltust | ||
| hann, hún, það stilltist | þeir, þær, þau stilltust | hann, hún, það stilltist | þeir, þær, þau stilltust | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) |
stillst (þú) | stillist (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| stillstu | stillisti * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| strong declension (sterk beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
stilltur | stillt | stillt | stilltir | stilltar | stillt | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
stilltan | stillta | stillt | stillta | stilltar | stillt | |
| dative (þágufall) |
stilltum | stilltri | stilltu | stilltum | stilltum | stilltum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
stillts | stilltrar | stillts | stilltra | stilltra | stilltra | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) |
singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) |
masculine (karlkyn) |
feminine (kvenkyn) |
neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) |
stillti | stillta | stillta | stilltu | stilltu | stilltu | |
| accusative (þolfall) |
stillta | stilltu | stillta | stilltu | stilltu | stilltu | |
| dative (þágufall) |
stillta | stilltu | stillta | stilltu | stilltu | stilltu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) |
stillta | stilltu | stillta | stilltu | stilltu | stilltu | |
stilla f (plural stille)
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
stilla
Probably a diminutive from stīria (“frozen drop, icicle”), compare Ancient Greek στίλη (stílē, “minute particle, a drop”).
stīlla f (genitive stīllae); first declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | stīlla | stīllae |
| Genitive | stīllae | stīllārum |
| Dative | stīllae | stīllīs |
| Accusative | stīllam | stīllās |
| Ablative | stīllā | stīllīs |
| Vocative | stīlla | stīllae |
Borrowed from Sicilian stidda, stilla, from Latin stēlla.
stilla f (plural stilel or (less common) stilli)
stilla f
stilla (present tense stiller, past tense stilte, past participle stilt, present participle stillande, imperative still)
From Old Norse stilla. Akin to English still.
stilla (present tense stiller, past tense stilte, past participle stilt, present participle stillande, imperative still)
From Old Norse stilla, borrowed from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon *stillian, from Proto-West Germanic *stillijan.
stilla
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From Middle Low German stille, from Old Saxon stilli, from Proto-West Germanic *stillī.
stilla (comparative mer stilla, superlative mest stilla)
From Old Swedish stilla, from Old Norse stilla, borrowed from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon *stillian, from Proto-West Germanic *stillijan.
stilla (present stillar, preterite stillade, supine stillat, imperative stilla)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | stilla | stillas | ||
| Supine | stillat | stillats | ||
| Imperative | stilla | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | stillen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | stillar | stillade | stillas | stillades |
| Ind. plural1 | stilla | stillade | stillas | stillades |
| Subjunctive2 | stille | stillade | stilles | stillades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | stillande | |||
| Past participle | stillad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||