stoða

Icelandic

FWOTD – 30 July 2015

Etymology

stoð (“post, pillar, support”) +‎ -a (“verbal suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɔːða/
• Rhymes: -ɔːða

Verb

stoða (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stoðaði, supine stoðað)

1. (impersonal, chiefly in the negative) to cause to be of (any) use [with accusative ‘something’] (idiomatically translated as "be of any use" with the accusative object as the subject)

   Synonyms: gagna, þýða, hjálpa, koma að gagni, (archaic) stétta

   • Markúsarguðspjall 8 (English version)

     Hvað stoðar það manninn að eignast allan heiminn, en fyrirgjöra sálu sinni?

     What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

   Það stoðar ekki neitt.

   It is no use.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “stoða” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)