stary

== English == === Etymology === From stare + -y. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstɛə.ɹi/ (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) Alternative spelling of starey. === Anagrams === T-rays, artsy, satyr, stray, trays, yrast == Lower Sorbian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starъ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsta.rɨ/ Rhymes: -arɨ Syllabification: sta‧ry === Adjective === stary (comparative staršy, superlative nejstaršy) old Antonyms: młody, nowy ==== Declension ==== ==== 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 *stàrъ. First attested in the 14th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /stariː/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /stari/ === Adjective === stary (comparative starszy or starzejszy, superlative nastarszy) old (having existed in the past) old (having existed for a long time) old (that is no longer valid) old (of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years) (of a family member, particularly a sibling) older (having been born before another) === Noun === stary m animacy unattested (nominalized) old person (nominalized, in the plural) parents (nominalized) high rank or position (nominalized) elected head of a rural subdivision ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== 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 Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “stary”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN == Polish == === Alternative forms === story (Southern Greater Poland) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish stary. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -arɘ Syllabification: sta‧ry Homophone: Stary === Adjective === stary (comparative starszy, superlative najstarszy, derived adverb staro) 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 old (characteristic of such a being) Synonym: starczy Antonym: młody old (having a lot of experience) Synonym: doświadczony old (having existed for a long time) Synonym: nienowy Antonym: nowy old (destroyed or worn-out) Synonym: nienowy Antonym: nowy old (that is no longer valid) Synonym: dawny Antonym: nowy old (having existed for a while but not outdated) Synonym: dawny old (familiar, having been known to the speaker for a long time) Synonym: dawny old (not fresh) Synonym: nieświeży ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === stary m pers (female equivalent stara) (nominalized, colloquial, expressive or dialectal, Far Masovian) old man (father) (nominalized, colloquial, expressive or dialectal, Southern Greater Poland, literally) old man (nominalized, colloquial, expressive or dialectal, Far Masovian) old man (husband) (nominalized, colloquial, expressive) friend, dude (in the plural, nominalized, colloquial) 'rents (one's father and mother) Synonyms: rodzice, rodziciele, staruszkowie ==== Declension ==== === Trivia === 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. === References === === Further reading === “stary”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “stary”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) 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], 8 January 2010 Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “stary”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “stary”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “stary”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 401 stary in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894), “stary”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 122 Oskar Kolberg (1877), “stary”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 31 == Silesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish stary. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsta.rɪ/ Rhymes: -arɪ Syllabification: sta‧ry === Adjective === stary (comparative starszy, superlative nojstarszy, derived adverb staro) old (of someone or something that has existed for a relatively long time) Synonyms: niymody, syńdziwy Antonym: mody old (not new) Antonym: nowy old (of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years) old (that is no longer valid) Synonym: były Antonym: nowy old (known to the speaker for a long time) old (having a lot of experience) Antonym: świyży old (not fresh) Antonym: mody ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === stary in dykcjonorz.eu stary in silling.org == Upper Sorbian == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stàrъ. Cognate with Lower Sorbian nowy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsta.ʀɨ/ Rhymes: -aʀɨ Syllabification: sta‧ry === Adjective === stary (comparative starši, superlative najstarši, absolute superlative nanajstarši, excessive přestary, derived adverb starje) old Antonym: nowy ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “stary”, in Mudra corpus [Upper Sorbian–Czech dictionary] (in Czech), 2024–2026 “stary” in Soblex