stova

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse stofa from older form stufa, from Proto-Germanic *stubō (room, living room, heated room). Cognate with English stove, German Stube (a parlor) from the Old High German stuba, Danish stue (living room; small house; large bedroom in a hospital).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɔːva/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːva

Noun

stova f (genitive singular stovu, plural stovur)

  1. parlor, parlour, room
  2. common room, assembly room
  3. dwelling, house
  4. (administration) office

Declension

Declension of stova
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stova stovan stovur stovurnar
accusative stovu stovuna stovur stovurnar
dative stovu stovuni stovum stovunum
genitive stovu stovunnar stova stovanna

Derived terms

some include
room

  • baðstova (bathroom)
  • bálstova (crematorium)
  • bestastova (livingroom)
  • dansistova (room for Faroese chain dance)
  • (hospital) einastova (single room)
  • kaffistova (coffee bar)
  • lesistova (reading room; workroom of a priest)
  • lærarastova (teacher's longue)
  • matstova (restaurant; diningroom)
  • myrkastova (jail)
  • roykstova (smoking room)
  • sjónvarpsstova (TV studio; television room)
  • sjúkrastova (sickroom)
  • skrivstova (office)
  • skurðstova (operating room)
  • starvsstova (laboratory)
  • vøggustova (nursery)

house names

  • Jógvansstova (the house of John)
  • Ólavsstova (the house of Olav)
  • Nýggjastova (the new house)

administration

  • almannastova (social welfare office)
  • gjaldstova (finance office)
  • hagstova (satistics office)
  • kanningarstova (research office)
  • kunningarstova (information bureau, information desk)
  • ráðstova (ministry, department)
  • sendistova, sendiharrastova (embassy)
  • tíðindastova (news agency)
  • útvarpsstova (radio station)
  • veðurstova (weather office)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse stofa from older form stufa, from Proto-Germanic *stubō (room, living room, heated room). Cognate with English stove, German Stube (a parlor) from the Old High German stuba, Danish stue (living room; small house; large bedroom in a hospital).

Noun

stova c

  1. (dated, dialectal) small house, cottage

Declension

Declension of stova 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stova stovan stovor stovorna
Genitive stovas stovans stovors stovornas

Synonyms

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