stary

See also: Stary and starý

English

Etymology

From stare +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛə.ɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛɚ.i/
• (US, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈstɛɹ.i/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsteː.ɹi/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈsteəɹi/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /ˈstiəɹi/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈsteɹɪ/, /ˈsteɹe/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /ˈstɜːɹɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹi
• Homophone: starey

Adjective

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

• T-rays, artsy, satyr, stray, trays, yrast

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstarɨ/

Adjective

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

	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

Declension of stary

Derived terms

• starjejšej (“parents”)

Further reading

• 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

stary m animacy unattested

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

Derived terms

adverbs

• na stare kolana
• od starego czasu
• stara

nouns

• rycerz stary
• stara mać
• stara przysięga
• stare dni
• stare lata
• stare mięsopusty
• starosta
• staroswat
• staroć
• starość
• stary ociec
• stary zakon
• Stary Zakon
• starz
• starzec
• starzy Żydowie
• starzyna
• starzyzna

verbs

• być star lat impf
• starzeć impf

Related terms

adjectives

• podstarzały
• przestarzały
• staradawny
• starodawny
• starościn
• starośćski
• zastarzały
• zstarzały

adverb

• z starodawna

nouns

• podstarości
• postarzenie
• starostwo
• starościna
• starzectwo
• zastarzałość

verbs

• postarzeć pf
• przestarzeć pf
• zastarzeć pf, zastarzawać impf
• zstarać pf
• zstarzeć pf

Descendants

• Polish: stary, story (Southern Greater Poland)
• Silesian: stary

References

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “stary”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “stary”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN