"stava" meaning in Swedish

See stava in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈstɑː.va/ Audio: Sv-stava.ogg
Etymology: From Old Swedish stava, from Old Norse stafa, equivalent to stav (“letter”) + -a. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|stava}} Old Swedish stava, {{inh|sv|non|stafa}} Old Norse stafa, {{af|sv|stav|-a|t1=letter}} stav (“letter”) + -a Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|stavar|preterite|stavade|supine|stavat|imperative|stava|head=}} stava (present stavar, preterite stavade, supine stavat, imperative stava), {{sv-verb-reg}} stava (present stavar, preterite stavade, supine stavat, imperative stava) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: stavar [present], stavade [preterite], stavat [supine], stava [imperative], weak [table-tags], stava [active, infinitive], stavas [infinitive, passive], stavat [active, supine], stavats [passive, supine], stava [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], staven [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], stavar [active, indicative, present], stavade [active, indicative, past], stavas [indicative, passive, present], stavades [indicative, passive, past], stava [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], stavade [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], stavas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], stavades [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], stave [active, dated, present, subjunctive], stavade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], staves [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], stavades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], stavande [active, participle, past, present], stavad [active, participle, past], stafva [alternative, obsolete]
  1. to spell (to give the individual letters of a word) Derived forms: avstava, stavelse, stavning, → Finnish: tavata
    Sense id: en-stava-sv-verb--aEo40BL Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish terms suffixed with -a

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
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