different between stabs vs stays

English

Pronunciation

Noun

stabs

1. plural of stab

Verb

stabs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stab

Anagrams

• basts

Danish

Noun

stabs c

1. indefinite genitive singular of stab

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *steb-, *stab- (with -as), from Proto-Indo-European *steb?- (“post, pole, (tree) trunk; to support, to hold, to pound, to tread”). Cognates include Lithuanian stãbas (“idol, statue; pole; shape; paralysis; surrouding; respite, breathing space”), Old Prussian stabis (“rock, stone”), stabni (“oven”) (< *stabin?), Old Church Slavonic ??????? (stobor?, “column”), Bulgarian ??????? (stobór, “wooden fence”), Slovene stebér (“pole, idol”), Old Norse stafr (“stick, rod, support”), Old High German stab, Middle Low German staf, German Stab (“stick, rod, club”), English staff, Sanskrit ????????? (stabhn??ti, “to support, to strengthen”), Ancient Greek ?????? (stémb?, “to pound, to shake continuously”).

Pronunciation

Noun

stabs m (1st declension)

1. pole, post, pillar (vertically placed long, thin, cylindrical object to keep something in place)

2. (figuratively) column, pillar (a volatile substance rising upright in the air)

3. column (part of a thermometer or barometer: a thin tube filled with a liquid substance, usually mercury)

Declension

Derived terms

• burtstabi?š
• stabi?š

References

Swedish

Noun

stabs

1. indefinite genitive singular of stab

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ste?z/
• Rhymes: -e?z

Noun

stays

1. plural of stay

Noun

stays pl (plural only)

1. A corset.
   • (p. 502):

     Her face was whiter than snow, and her heart was throbbing through her stays.

Verb

stays

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stay

Anagrams

• say'st, sayst