stofa
See also: stofă
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse stofa, stufa, borrowed from Middle Low German stōve, stūve, Old Saxon *stova, *stuva, from Proto-West Germanic *stubu.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɔːva/
- Rhymes: -ɔːva
Noun
stofa f (genitive singular stofu, nominative plural stofur)
- (in an apartment) a living room
- (in a school for example) a classroom, a room
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | stofa | stofan | stofur | stofurnar |
| accusative | stofu | stofuna | stofur | stofurnar |
| dative | stofu | stofunni | stofum | stofunum |
| genitive | stofu | stofunnar | stofa | stofanna |
Derived terms
- baðstofa
- borðstofa
- dagstofa
- forstofa
- fréttastofa
- kaffistofa
- kennslustofa
- setustofa
- skólastofa
- skrifstofa
- stofupíanó
- veðurstofa
References
- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “stofa”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
Further reading
- “stofa” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *stubō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsto.fɑ/, [ˈsto.vɑ]
Noun
stofa m
- synonym of stofu
Declension
Weak:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | stofa | stofan |
| accusative | stofan | stofan |
| genitive | stofan | stofena |
| dative | stofan | stofum |