"stábas" meaning in Proto-Balto-Slavic

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Noun

Etymology: O-grade nominal derivative from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to stay still”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *stabaz (“staff”) (see there for further descendants) and akin to Sanskrit स्तम्भ (stambha, “pillar”). Etymology templates: {{der|ine-bsl-pro|ine-pro|*stebʰ-||to stay still}} Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to stay still”), {{cog|gem-pro|*stabaz||staff}} Proto-Germanic *stabaz (“staff”), {{see desc}} (see there for further descendants), {{cog|sa|स्तम्भ||pillar}} Sanskrit स्तम्भ (stambha, “pillar”) Head templates: {{head|ine-bsl-pro|noun|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} *stábas m Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], stábas [nominative, singular], stábōˀ [dual, nominative], stábai⁽ˀ [nominative, plural], stában [accusative, singular], stábōˀ [accusative, dual], stábō⁽ˀ⁾ns [accusative, plural], stábā [genitive, singular], stábāu⁽ˀ [dual, genitive], stábōn [genitive, plural], stábai [locative, singular], stábāu⁽ˀ [dual, locative], stábaišu [locative, plural], stábōi [dative, singular], stábamā⁽ˀ [dative, dual], stábamas [dative, plural], stábōˀ [instrumental, singular], stábamāˀ [dual, instrumental], stábōis [instrumental, plural], stábe [singular, vocative], stábōˀ [dual, vocative], stábai⁽ˀ [plural, vocative]
  1. pillar, post Tags: masculine, reconstruction Derived forms: stabī́ˀtei (english: to halt), stábaras (english: halter, post) Related terms: stubúras (alt: within Slavic, overlapping with descendants of *stábaras) (english: stalk), stembtei (english: to stem; possibly related via a nasal infix)
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "lang_code": "lv",
          "word": "stabs"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "lang_code": "lt",
          "word": "stãbas"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "East Baltic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Old Prussian",
          "lang_code": "prg",
          "sense": "rock, cliff",
          "word": "stabis"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "West Baltic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*stebʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to stay still"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to stay still”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*stabaz",
        "3": "",
        "4": "staff"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *stabaz (“staff”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
      "name": "see desc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "स्तम्भ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "pillar"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit स्तम्भ (stambha, “pillar”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "O-grade nominal derivative from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to stay still”).\nCognate with Proto-Germanic *stabaz (“staff”) (see there for further descendants) and akin to Sanskrit स्तम्भ (stambha, “pillar”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lg",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábōˀ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábai⁽ˀ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stában",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábōˀ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábō⁽ˀ⁾ns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábāu⁽ˀ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábāu⁽ˀ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábaišu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábamā⁽ˀ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábamas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábōˀ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábamāˀ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábōis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábōˀ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábai⁽ˀ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "*stábas m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Balto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "ine-bsl-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/stábas",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Balto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Balto-Slavic nominals with fixed accent",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "to halt",
          "translation": "to halt",
          "word": "stabī́ˀtei"
        },
        {
          "english": "halter, post",
          "translation": "halter, post",
          "word": "stábaras"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pillar, post"
      ],
      "id": "en-stábas-ine-bsl-pro-noun-6Ry5UoNb",
      "links": [
        [
          "pillar",
          "pillar"
        ],
        [
          "post",
          "post"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "alt": "within Slavic, overlapping with descendants of *stábaras",
          "english": "stalk",
          "translation": "stalk",
          "word": "stubúras"
        },
        {
          "english": "to stem; possibly related via a nasal infix",
          "translation": "to stem; possibly related via a nasal infix",
          "word": "stembtei"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stábas"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to halt",
      "translation": "to halt",
      "word": "stabī́ˀtei"
    },
    {
      "english": "halter, post",
      "translation": "halter, post",
      "word": "stábaras"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "lang_code": "lv",
          "word": "stabs"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "lang_code": "lt",
          "word": "stãbas"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "East Baltic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Old Prussian",
          "lang_code": "prg",
          "sense": "rock, cliff",
          "word": "stabis"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "West Baltic",
      "lang_code": "unknown"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*stebʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to stay still"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to stay still”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*stabaz",
        "3": "",
        "4": "staff"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *stabaz (“staff”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
      "name": "see desc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "स्तम्भ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "pillar"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit स्तम्भ (stambha, “pillar”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "O-grade nominal derivative from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to stay still”).\nCognate with Proto-Germanic *stabaz (“staff”) (see there for further descendants) and akin to Sanskrit स्तम्भ (stambha, “pillar”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lg",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábōˀ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábai⁽ˀ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stában",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábōˀ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábō⁽ˀ⁾ns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábāu⁽ˀ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábāu⁽ˀ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábaišu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábamā⁽ˀ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábamas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábōˀ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábamāˀ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábōis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábōˀ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stábai⁽ˀ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "*stábas m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Balto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "ine-bsl-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/stábas",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "alt": "within Slavic, overlapping with descendants of *stábaras",
      "english": "stalk",
      "translation": "stalk",
      "word": "stubúras"
    },
    {
      "english": "to stem; possibly related via a nasal infix",
      "translation": "to stem; possibly related via a nasal infix",
      "word": "stembtei"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Balto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Balto-Slavic lemmas",
        "Proto-Balto-Slavic masculine nouns",
        "Proto-Balto-Slavic nominals with fixed accent",
        "Proto-Balto-Slavic nouns",
        "Proto-Balto-Slavic o-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Balto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pillar, post"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pillar",
          "pillar"
        ],
        [
          "post",
          "post"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stábas"
}

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