Noun: stapi
Gender:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | stapi |
| Sg. Def. | stapinn |
| Pl. Indef. | stapar |
| Pl. Def. | staparnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | stapa |
| Sg. Def. | stapans |
| Pl. Indef. | stapa |
| Pl. Def. | stapanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | stapa |
| Sg. Def. | stapanum |
| Pl. Indef. | stapum |
| Pl. Def. | stapunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | stapa |
| Sg. Def. | stapann |
| Pl. Indef. | stapa |
| Pl. Def. | stapana |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like stapi
skalli,
ǫlnbogi,
regnbogi,
blakkriði,
einriði,
ǫlbogi,
ǫkvisi,
þungi,
dauði,
gráði,
lundi,
munni,
beini,
blóði,
hneri,
hlýri,
hixti,
hegri,
trýni,
iætti, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Unclear etymology. Ablaut relation to Old Saxon stōpo (“step, track, tread”), Old High German stuofa, stuoffa, German Stufe (“step, tread (of a ladder); stepladder”), Old English stæpe, English step; further also Old Norse stǫpull, English steeple, also stoop and steep etc; potentially also English staple, Latin stabilis (“steadfast”). See: German Nouns '
Stufe', Old English Nouns '
stæpe', English Nouns '
step', Old Norse Nouns '
stǫpull', English Nouns '
steeple', English Nouns '
staple', Latin Nouns '
stabilis'.
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