stary

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See also: Stary and starý

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

stare +‎ -y

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

stary (comparative starier, superlative stariest)

  1. Alternative spelling of starey
    • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist:
      Buddy Eagleton was ahead of Reppler and he turned to run, his eyes wide and stary.

Anagrams[edit]

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

stary (comparative staršy, superlative nejstaršy)

  1. old
    Antonyms: młody, nowy
    • 1998, Erwin Hannusch, chapter 1, in Niedersorbisch praktisch und verständlich, Bautzen: Domowina Verlag, →ISBN, page 20:
      Tšochu dalej su Stare wiki.
      Somewhat further on is the Old Market.

Declension[edit]

Declension of stary
Masculine singular Feminine singular Neuter singular Dual Plural
Nominative stary stara stare starej stare
Genitive starego stareje starego stareju starych
Dative staremu starej staremu staryma starym
Accusative stary
starego (animate) 		staru stare starej
stareju (animate) 		stare
starych (optional animate form)
Instrumental starym stareju starym staryma starymi
Locative starem starej starem staryma starych

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “stary”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “stary”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Old Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starъ. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /starɨː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /starɨ/

Adjective[edit]

stary (comparative starszy or starzejszy, superlative nastarszy)

  1. old (having existed in the past)
  2. old (having existed for a long time)
  3. old (that is no longer valid)
  4. old (of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years)
  5. (of a family member, particularly a sibling) older (having been born before another)

Noun[edit]

stary m ?

  1. old person
  2. (in the plural) parents
  3. high rank or position
  4. elected head of a rural subdivision

Derived terms[edit]

adverbs
nouns
verbs

Related terms[edit]

adjectives
adverb
nouns
verbs

Descendants[edit]

  • Masurian: stari
  • Polish: stary
  • Silesian: stary

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish stary.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsta.rɨ/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈsta.rɨ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -arɨ
  • Syllabification: sta‧ry

Adjective[edit]

stary (comparative starszy, superlative najstarszy, derived adverb staro)

  1. old (of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years)
    Synonyms: leciwy, posunięty w latach, sędziwy, starszy, wcześnie urodzony, wiekowy, zaawansowany wiekiem
    Antonym: młody
  2. old (characteristic of such a being)
    Synonym: starczy
    Antonym: młody
  3. old (having a lot of experience)
    Synonym: doświadczony
  4. old (having existed for a long time)
    Synonym: nienowy
    Antonym: nowy
  5. old (destroyed or worn-out)
    Synonym: nienowy
    Antonym: nowy
  6. old (that is no longer valid)
    Synonym: dawny
    Antonym: nowy
  7. old (having existed for a while but not outdated)
    Synonym: dawny
  8. old (familiar, having been known to the speaker for a long time)
    Synonym: dawny
  9. old (not fresh)
    Synonym: nieświeży

Declension[edit]

Declension of stary (hard)
singular plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter virile (= masculine personal) non-virile
nominative stary stara stare starzy stare
genitive starego starej starego starych
dative staremu starej staremu starym
accusative starego stary starą stare starych stare
instrumental starym starą starym starymi
locative starym starej starym starych

Derived terms[edit]

adjective
adverbs
interjection
nouns
proverb
verbs
verbs

Noun[edit]

stary m pers (female equivalent stara)

  1. (nominalized, colloquial, expressive) old man (father)
  2. (nominalized, colloquial, expressive, literally) old man
  3. (nominalized, colloquial, expressive) old man (husband)
  4. (nominalized, colloquial, expressive) friend, dude

Declension[edit]

Declension of stary
singular plural
nominative stary starzy
genitive starego starych
dative staremu starym
accusative starego starych
instrumental starym starymi
locative starym starych
vocative stary starzy

Trivia[edit]

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), stary is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 44 times in scientific texts, 21 times in news, 39 times in essays, 104 times in fiction, and 76 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 284 times, making it the 180th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “stary”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 559

Further reading[edit]

  • stary in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • stary in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “stary”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • “STARY”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2010 January 8
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “stary”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[2]
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “stary”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎[3]
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “stary”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[4] (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 401
  • stary in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Silesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish stary.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈstarɨ/
  • Rhymes: -arɨ
  • Syllabification: sta‧ry

Adjective[edit]

stary (comparative starszy, superlative nojstarszy, derived adverb staro)

  1. old (of someone or something that has existed for a relatively long time)
    Synonyms: niymody, syńdziwy
    Antonym: mody
  2. old (not new)
    Antonym: nowy
  3. old (of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years)
  4. old (that is no longer valid)
    Synonym: były
    Antonym: nowy
  5. old (known to the speaker for a long time)
  6. old (having a lot of experience)
    Antonym: świyży
  7. old (not fresh)
    Antonym: mody

Declension[edit]

Declension of stary
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine virile nonvirile
nominative stary stare starŏ starzi stare
genitive starego staryj starych
dative starymu staryj starym
accusative animate starego stare starõ starych stare
inanimate stary
instrumental starym starōm starymi
locative starym staryj starych
vocative stary stare starŏ starzi stare

Further reading[edit]

Upper Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈstaʀɨ/
  • Rhymes: -aʀɨ
  • Syllabification: sta‧ry

Adjective[edit]

stary (comparative starši, superlative najstarši, absolute superlative nanajstarši, excessive přestary, adverb starje)

  1. old

Declension[edit]

Declension of stary
singular dual plural
masculine neuter feminine virile nonvirile virile nonvirile
personal/animate inanimate
nominative, vocative stary stare stara staraj starej stari stare
genitive stareho
staroh¹ 		stareje stareju starych
dative staremu
starom¹ 		starej starymaj starym
accusative stareho
staroh¹ 		stary stare staru stareju starej starych stare
instrumental starym starej starymaj starymi
locative starych

Further reading[edit]

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