stýfa

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse stýfa (“to cut off, to curtail”), from Proto-Germanic *stūfijaną. Related to stúfr (“a stump”) (modern Icelandic stúfur (“a stump”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstiːva/
    Rhymes: -iːva
    Homophones: stífa

Verb

stýfa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stýfði, supine stýft)

  1. (with accusative) to shorten

Conjugation

Derived terms

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