stofa
See also: stofă
Icelandic
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 Old High German stuba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɔːva/
- Rhymes: -ɔːva
Noun
stofa f (genitive singular stofu, nominative plural stofur)
- (in an apartment) a living room
- (in a school for example) a classroom, a room
Declension
declension of stofa
| f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | stofa | stofan | stofur | stofurnar |
| accusative | stofu | stofuna | stofur | stofurnar |
| dative | stofu | stofunni | stofum | stofunum |
| genitive | stofu | stofunnar | stofa | stofanna |
Derived terms
- baðstofa
- borðstofa
- forstofa
- fréttastofa
- kennslustofa
- setustofa
- skrifstofa
- skólastofa
- stofupíanó
- veðurstofa