стан

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See also: -стан, and -stan

Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian станъ (stan). Compare Polish stan and Ukrainian стан (stan).

Pronunciation

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Noun

стан (stanm inan (genitive ста́ну, nominative plural ста́ны, genitive plural ста́наў)

  1. condition, state (a set of circumstances applying at any given time)
    Synonyms: абста́віны (abstáviny), стано́вішча (stanóvišča)
  2. frame (a human body or the structure thereof)
    Synonyms: по́стаць (póstacʹ), ту́лава (túlava)
    • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 302:
      Голас яе не здрыгануўся, стан не здрыгануўся, і, прайшоўшы цвёрдай хадой, нібы топчучы нагамі ўсе пяшчотныя пачуцці, яна пажадала маці спакойнай ночы і пайшла ў свой пакой.
      Hólas jaje nje zdryhanuŭsja, stan nje zdryhanuŭsja, i, prajšóŭšy cvjórdaj xadój, niby tópčučy nahami ŭsje pjaščótnyja pačucci, jana pažadala maci spakójnaj nóčy i pajšla ŭ svoj pakój.
  3. waist (the part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach)
    Synonym: та́лія (tálija)
    • 1937 [1889—1899], Leo Tolstoy, anonymous translator, Васкрасенне, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Воскресение, page 62; English translation from William E. Smith, transl., The Awakening: The Resurrection, 1900:
      І, перасіліўшы сябе і памятаючы тое, як у гэтых выпадках робяць наогул усе людзі ў яго становішчы, ён абняў Кацюшу за стан.
      I, pjerasiliŭšy sjabje i pamjatajučy tóje, jak u hetyx vypadkax róbjacʹ naóhul usje ljudzi ŭ jahó stanóviščy, jon abnjaŭ Kacjušu za stan.
      I, sdelav usilije nad soboj i pomnja to, kak v etix slučajax postupajut voobšče vse ljudi v jevo položenii, on obnjal Katjušu za taliju.
      With some effort he overcame his shyness, and remembering how people generally act in such a case, he put his arm about Katiousha's waist.
  4. status (a person's position or standing relative to that of others)
    • 1940 [1882], Mark Twain, translated by Janka Maŭr, Прынц і жабрак, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of The Prince and the Pauper, page 128:
      Каралеўскі стан яго вялікасці быў прызнаны без далейшых спрэчак, і дзяўчынкі пачалі распытваць яго, як ён трапіў сюды і чаму ён так не па-каралеўску ўбраны, і куды ён ідзе.
      Karaljeŭski stan jahó vjalikasci byŭ pryznany bjez daljejšyx sprečak, i dzjaŭčynki pačali raspytvacʹ jahó, jak jon trapiŭ sjudy i čamu jon tak nje pa-karaljeŭsku ŭbrany, i kudy jon idzje.
      His majesty's royal status was accepted without further debate, and the little girls began to inquire how he came to be here, how he came to be so unroyally clad, and whither he was bound.
  5. (sciences) state (the physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma)
    • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, page 302:
      Здавалася, што кампанія рабілася ўсё халаднейшай і халаднейшай і паступова пераходзіла ў замарожаны і цвёрды стан, як закуска, вакол якой яна сабралася.
      Zdavalasja, što kampanija rabilasja ŭsjo xaladnjejšaj i xaladnjejšaj i pastupóva pjeraxódzila ŭ zamaróžany i cvjórdy stan, jak zakuska, vakól jakój jana sabralasja.

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References

  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2012), “станъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 32 (смыковати – струмень), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 323
  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2012), “станъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 32 (смыковати – струмень), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 325
  • стан”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
  • стан” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stanъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

стан (stanm

  1. loom
  2. camp, bivouac
    Synonym: лагер (lager)
  3. (uncountable) stature, figure
    Synonym: фигура (figura)

Declension

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stanъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

стан (stanm (plural станови, relational adjective станбен, diminutive станче)

  1. flat, apartment

Declension

References

  • стан” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic станъ (stanŭ), from Proto-Slavic *stanъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

стан (stanm inan (genitive ста́на, nominative plural ста́ны, genitive plural ста́нов)

  1. figure, stature, torso
    то́нкий ста́нtónkij stánslender waist
  2. camp, campground
    полево́й ста́нpolevój stáncamp
    передвижно́й полево́й ста́нperedvižnój polevój stánmobile field station
  3. side, camp
    ста́н мяте́жниковstán mjatéžnikovrebeldom
    вра́жеский ста́нvrážeskij stánhostile camp
    в ста́не врага́v stáne vragáin the enemy's camp
    но́тный ста́нnótnyj stánstaff, stave
  4. mill, machine
    загото́вочный ста́нzagotóvočnyj stánbar mill
    обжи́мный ста́нobžímnyj stánblooming
    листопрока́тный ста́нlistoprokátnyj stánflatting-mill
    прока́тный ста́нprokátnyj stánrolling mill, train
    сталепрока́тный ста́нstaleprokátnyj stánsteel-rolling mill
    трубопрока́тный ста́нtruboprokátnyj stántube mill
    про́волочный ста́нpróvoločnyj stánwire mill
    рельсопрока́тный ста́нrelʹsoprokátnyj stánrail-mill

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стан”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stanъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

ста̑н m (Latin spelling stȃn)

  1. flat, apartment
  2. loom (тка̀лачкӣ ста̑н)

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Quotations

Derived terms

References

  • стан”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic станъ (stanŭ), from Proto-Slavic *stanъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

стан (stanm inan (genitive ста́ну, nominative plural ста́ни, genitive plural ста́нів)

  1. stature, figure, posture

Declension

Noun

стан (stanm inan (genitive ста́ну, nominative plural ста́ни, genitive plural ста́нів)

  1. (obsolete) camp

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Noun

стан (stanm inan (genitive ста́ну, uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) condition, status, state

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Noun

стан (stanm inan (genitive ста́ну, nominative plural ста́ни, genitive plural ста́нів)

  1. (grammar) voice

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Noun

стан (stanm inan (genitive ста́на, nominative plural ста́ни, genitive plural ста́нів)

  1. mill

Declension

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