"stafur" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Icelandic]

IPA: /ˈstaːvʏr/
Rhymes: -aːvʏr Etymology: From Old Norse stafr. Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|stafr}} Old Norse stafr Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} stafur m (genitive singular stafs, nominative plural stafir) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|m,,ir.dat-/-}} Forms: stafs [genitive, singular], stafir [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], stafur [indefinite, nominative, singular], stafurinn [definite, nominative, singular], stafir [indefinite, nominative, plural], stafirnir [definite, nominative, plural], staf [accusative, indefinite, singular], stafinn [accusative, definite, singular], stafi [accusative, indefinite, plural], stafina [accusative, definite, plural], staf [dative, indefinite, singular], stafnum [dative, definite, singular], stöfum [dative, indefinite, plural], stöfunum [dative, definite, plural], stafs [genitive, indefinite, singular], stafsins [definite, genitive, singular], stafa [genitive, indefinite, plural], stafanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a letter, a symbol in the alphabet Tags: masculine Synonyms: bókstafur
    Sense id: en-stafur-is-noun-b8d0ahdn Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 12 36 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 25 27 29
  2. a stick Tags: masculine Synonyms: prik
    Sense id: en-stafur-is-noun-5hZ4b3aX Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 12 36 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 25 27 29
  3. a cane, a walking stick Tags: masculine Synonyms: göngustafur, stiki
    Sense id: en-stafur-is-noun-mwAKYOeq Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 10 10 38 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 12 36 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 25 27 29
  4. a magic stave Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-stafur-is-noun-CowUVQ~m Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Icelandic entries with incorrect language header: 10 10 38 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 12 36 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 25 27 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fjöðurstafur, stafróf, stafasúpa, bókstafur, standa eins og stafur á bók, fullum stöfum [unabbreviated], rita fullum stöfum (english: write unabbreviated), rita orð fullum stöfum (english: write a word unabbreviated), galdrastafur

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fjöðurstafur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stafróf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stafasúpa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bókstafur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "standa eins og stafur á bók"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "without abbreviation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "unabbreviated"
      ],
      "word": "fullum stöfum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "write unabbreviated",
      "word": "rita fullum stöfum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "write a word unabbreviated",
      "word": "rita orð fullum stöfum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "galdrastafur"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "stafr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse stafr",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse stafr.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stafs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafir",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafurinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafirnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "staf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "staf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafnum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stöfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stöfunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "stafur m (genitive singular stafs, nominative plural stafir)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,ir.dat-/-"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 12 36 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 25 27 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a letter, a symbol in the alphabet"
      ],
      "id": "en-stafur-is-noun-b8d0ahdn",
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bókstafur"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 12 36 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 25 27 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a stick"
      ],
      "id": "en-stafur-is-noun-5hZ4b3aX",
      "links": [
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "prik"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 38 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 12 36 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 25 27 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a cane, a walking stick"
      ],
      "id": "en-stafur-is-noun-mwAKYOeq",
      "links": [
        [
          "cane",
          "cane"
        ],
        [
          "walking stick",
          "walking stick"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "göngustafur"
        },
        {
          "word": "stiki"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 38 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 12 36 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 25 27 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a magic stave"
      ],
      "id": "en-stafur-is-noun-CowUVQ~m",
      "links": [
        [
          "stave",
          "stave"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstaːvʏr/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːvʏr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stafur"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Icelandic lemmas",
    "Icelandic masculine nouns",
    "Icelandic nouns",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Icelandic terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/aːvʏr",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/aːvʏr/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "fjöðurstafur"
    },
    {
      "word": "stafróf"
    },
    {
      "word": "stafasúpa"
    },
    {
      "word": "bókstafur"
    },
    {
      "word": "standa eins og stafur á bók"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "without abbreviation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "unabbreviated"
      ],
      "word": "fullum stöfum"
    },
    {
      "english": "write unabbreviated",
      "word": "rita fullum stöfum"
    },
    {
      "english": "write a word unabbreviated",
      "word": "rita orð fullum stöfum"
    },
    {
      "word": "galdrastafur"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "stafr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse stafr",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse stafr.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stafs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafir",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafurinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafirnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "staf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "staf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafnum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stöfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stöfunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stafanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "stafur m (genitive singular stafs, nominative plural stafir)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,ir.dat-/-"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a letter, a symbol in the alphabet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bókstafur"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a stick"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "prik"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a cane, a walking stick"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cane",
          "cane"
        ],
        [
          "walking stick",
          "walking stick"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "göngustafur"
        },
        {
          "word": "stiki"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a magic stave"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stave",
          "stave"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstaːvʏr/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːvʏr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stafur"
}

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