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stav

Pronunciation: /stɑːv/

“stav” is a Swedish word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a staff, a rod
  2. a pole (mostly of ski poles and poles used for jumping)
  3. a rod (rod cell in the eye)
  4. pole vault
  5. a letter (in the runic alphabet, sometimes also in the Latin alphabet)

Etymology

From Old Swedish staver, from Old Norse stafr, from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᛡᛒᛡ (staba), from Proto-Germanic *stabaz.

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