Old English · adjective
stif
Normalised stīf
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /stiːf/
- Syllables
- stiːf (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- stifffirmfixed
Meaning
-
Stiff, firm, hard
-
Strong, fixed
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | stīf | stīf | stīf |
| Accusative | stīfne | stīfe | stīf |
| Genitive | stīfes | stīfre | stīfes |
| Dative | stīfum | stīfre | stīfum |
| Instrumental | stīfe | stīfre | stīfe |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | stīfe | stīfastīfe | stīf |
| Accusative | stīfe | stīfastīfe | stīf |
| Genitive | stīfra | stīfra | stīfra |
| Dative | stīfum | stīfum | stīfum |
| Instrumental | stīfum | stīfum | stīfum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | stīfa | stīfe | stīfe |
| Accusative | stīfan | stīfan | stīfe |
| Genitive | stīfan | stīfan | stīfan |
| Dative | stīfan | stīfan | stīfan |
| Instrumental | stīfan | stīfan | stīfan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | stīfan | stīfan | stīfan |
| Accusative | stīfan | stīfan | stīfan |
| Genitive | stīfrastīfena | stīfrastīfena | stīfrastīfena |
| Dative | stīfum | stīfum | stīfum |
| Instrumental | stīfum | stīfum | stīfum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steyp Proto-Germanic *stīfaz Proto-West Germanic *stīf Old English stif From Proto-West Germanic *stīf.
Descendants
stiff
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