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stía

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse stía, stí, from Proto-Germanic *stiją, which could be ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (to stiffen), similar to *stainaz (stone).[1] Compare English sty.

Noun

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stía f (genitive singular stíu, nominative plural stíur)

  1. sty, pen
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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stía (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stíaði, supine stíað)

  1. to pen, to keep in a sty [with dative]
  2. to separate, to keep apart [with dative]
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References

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