"rūnōstabaz" meaning in Proto-Germanic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈruː.nɔː.ˌstɑ.βɑz/
Etymology: From *rūnō (“secret, mystery, rune”) + *stabaz (“staff, stick; letter of an alphabet”). Etymology templates: {{root|gem-pro|ine-pro|*stebʰ-}}, {{compound|gem-pro|*rūnō|*stabaz|t1=secret, mystery, rune|t2=staff, stick; letter of an alphabet}} *rūnō (“secret, mystery, rune”) + *stabaz (“staff, stick; letter of an alphabet”) Inflection templates: {{gem-decl-noun}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], rūnōstabaz [nominative, singular], rūnōstabōz [nominative, plural], rūnōstabōs [nominative, plural], rūnōstab [singular, vocative], rūnōstabōz [plural, vocative], rūnōstabōs [plural, vocative], rūnōstabą [accusative, singular], rūnōstabanz [accusative, plural], rūnōstabas [genitive, singular], rūnōstabis [genitive, singular], rūnōstabǫ̂ [genitive, plural], rūnōstabai [dative, singular], rūnōstabamaz [dative, plural], rūnōstabō [instrumental, singular], rūnōstabamiz [instrumental, plural]
  1. a letter of the runic alphabet Tags: masculine, reconstruction Related terms: bōkstabaz
    Sense id: en-rūnōstabaz-gem-pro-noun-7UGaSfRD Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*rūnustab"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *rūnustab",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *rūnustab"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "rūnstæf"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: rūnstæf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: rūnstæf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "*rounstaf",
            "3": "run-staf"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: *rounstaf, run-staf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: *rounstaf, run-staf (attested in run-staven (plural))"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "runestaff",
            "3": "runestave"
          },
          "expansion": "English: runestaff, runestave",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: runestaff, runestave"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "rūnstab"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: rūnstab",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: rūnstab; rūnstafa"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "rúnastafr"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: rúnastafr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Norse: rúnastafr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "rúnastafur"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: rúnastafur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: rúnastafur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "rúnastavur"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: rúnastavur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: rúnastavur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "runstav"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: runstav",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: runstav"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "runestav"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: runestav",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: runestav"
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      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From *rūnō (“secret, mystery, rune”) + *stabaz (“staff, stick; letter of an alphabet”).",
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gem-decl-noun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabōz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstab",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabōz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabą",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabanz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabamaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabamiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "name": "gem-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rūnōstabaz",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a letter of the runic alphabet"
      ],
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        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "runic",
          "runic"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "bōkstabaz"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈruː.nɔː.ˌstɑ.βɑz/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rūnōstabaz"
}
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*rūnustab"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *rūnustab",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *rūnustab"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "rūnstæf"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: rūnstæf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: rūnstæf"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "*rounstaf",
            "3": "run-staf"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: *rounstaf, run-staf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: *rounstaf, run-staf (attested in run-staven (plural))"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "runestaff",
            "3": "runestave"
          },
          "expansion": "English: runestaff, runestave",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: runestaff, runestave"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "rūnstab"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: rūnstab",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: rūnstab; rūnstafa"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "rúnastafr"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Norse: rúnastafr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Old Norse: rúnastafr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "rúnastafur"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: rúnastafur",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: rúnastavur"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "runstav"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: runstav",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: runstav"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "runestav"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: runestav",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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      "name": "root"
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "*rūnō (“secret, mystery, rune”) + *stabaz (“staff, stick; letter of an alphabet”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From *rūnō (“secret, mystery, rune”) + *stabaz (“staff, stick; letter of an alphabet”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "gem-decl-noun",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
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      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabōz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstab",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabōz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabą",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabanz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabǫ̂",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabamaz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rūnōstabamiz",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang": "Proto-Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gem-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rūnōstabaz",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bōkstabaz"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Germanic a-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic compound terms",
        "Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-Germanic masculine nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic nouns",
        "Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stebʰ-"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a letter of the runic alphabet"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "letter",
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          "runic",
          "runic"
        ]
      ],
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        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈruː.nɔː.ˌstɑ.βɑz/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rūnōstabaz"
}

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