stay

Etymology 1
From, , from , , from , , from , a contracted form of , (compare 🇨🇬, ), from , from , from. Influenced by 🇨🇬 "a stay, rope"; see below. Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at,.

Sense of "remain, continue" may be due to later influence from 🇨🇬,, from 🇨🇬, from the same Proto-Indo-European root above; however, derivation from this root is untenable based on linguistic and historical grounds.

An alternative etymology derives, , from , , from , from , making it cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Cognate with Albanian. More at,.

Verb

 * 1)  To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
 * 2) * 1874, “Three Friends of Mine,” IV, in The Masque of Pandora and Other Poems, Boston: James R. Osgood, 1875, p.353,
 * I stay a little longer, as one stays / To cover up the embers that still burn.
 * 1)  To continue to have a particular quality.
 * 2)  To prop; support; sustain; hold up; steady.
 * 3)  To support from sinking; to sustain with strength; to satisfy in part or for the time.
 * 4)  To stop or delay something.
 * 5) To stop; detain; keep back; delay; hinder.
 * 6) * 1671,, , entry dated 14November, 1671, in The Diary of John Evelyn, London: Macmillan, 1906, Volume 2, p.337,
 * This business staid me in London almost a week
 * 1) To restrain; withhold; check; stop.
 * 2) * 1597,, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, Book 5, in The Works of Mr. Richard Hooker, London: Andrew Crook, 1666, p.,
 * all that may but with any the least shew of possibility stay their mindes from thinking that true, which they heartily wish were false, but cannot think it so
 * 1) * 1852,, letter cited in , , 1857, Volume 2, Chapter10,
 * you must follow the impulse of your own inspiration. If THAT commands the slaying of the victim, no bystander has a right to put out his hand to stay the sacrificial knife: but I hold you a stern priestess in these matters.
 * 1) To cause to cease; to put an end to.
 * 2) To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
 * 3)  To hold the attention of.
 * 4)  To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.
 * 5)  To wait for; await.
 * 6)  To remain for the purpose of; to stay to take part in or be present at (a meal, ceremony etc.).
 * 7)  To rest; depend; rely.
 * 8)  To stop; come to a stand or standstill.
 * 9)  To come to an end; cease.
 * 10)  To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.
 * 11)  To make a stand; to stand firm.
 * 12)  To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
 * 13)  To wait; rest in patience or expectation.
 * 14)  To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.
 * 15)  To live; reside
 * 1) * 1597,, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, Book 5, in The Works of Mr. Richard Hooker, London: Andrew Crook, 1666, p.,
 * all that may but with any the least shew of possibility stay their mindes from thinking that true, which they heartily wish were false, but cannot think it so
 * 1) * 1852,, letter cited in , , 1857, Volume 2, Chapter10,
 * you must follow the impulse of your own inspiration. If THAT commands the slaying of the victim, no bystander has a right to put out his hand to stay the sacrificial knife: but I hold you a stern priestess in these matters.
 * 1) To cause to cease; to put an end to.
 * 2) To put off; defer; postpone; delay; keep back.
 * 3)  To hold the attention of.
 * 4)  To bear up under; to endure; to hold out against; to resist.
 * 5)  To wait for; await.
 * 6)  To remain for the purpose of; to stay to take part in or be present at (a meal, ceremony etc.).
 * 7)  To rest; depend; rely.
 * 8)  To stop; come to a stand or standstill.
 * 9)  To come to an end; cease.
 * 10)  To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.
 * 11)  To make a stand; to stand firm.
 * 12)  To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
 * 13)  To wait; rest in patience or expectation.
 * 14)  To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.
 * 15)  To live; reside
 * 1)  To remain for the purpose of; to stay to take part in or be present at (a meal, ceremony etc.).
 * 2)  To rest; depend; rely.
 * 3)  To stop; come to a stand or standstill.
 * 4)  To come to an end; cease.
 * 5)  To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.
 * 6)  To make a stand; to stand firm.
 * 7)  To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
 * 8)  To wait; rest in patience or expectation.
 * 9)  To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.
 * 10)  To live; reside
 * 1)  To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.
 * 2)  To make a stand; to stand firm.
 * 3)  To hold out, as in a race or contest; last or persevere to the end; to show staying power.
 * 4)  To wait; rest in patience or expectation.
 * 5)  To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.
 * 6)  To live; reside
 * 1)  To wait; rest in patience or expectation.
 * 2)  To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.
 * 3)  To live; reside
 * 1)  To wait as an attendant; give ceremonious or submissive attendance.
 * 2)  To live; reside
 * 1)  To live; reside
 * 1)  To live; reside

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:hinder
 * ;, ; See also Thesaurus:curb
 * ,, , , , ; See also Thesaurus:end
 * See also Thesaurus:procrastinate
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:persevere
 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:wait for
 * See also Thesaurus:rely
 * ,, , , ; See also Thesaurus:stop
 * ; See also Thesaurus:desist or Thesaurus:end
 * See also Thesaurus:tarry
 * See also Thesaurus:persist
 * , ; See also Thesaurus:sojourn
 * ; See also Thesaurus:wait
 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:serve
 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:remain
 * See also Thesaurus:reside
 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:remain
 * See also Thesaurus:reside

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: مَكَثَ,
 * Hijazi Arabic: بقي, قعد, فضل
 * North Levantine Arabic: ضل
 * South Levantine Arabic: ضل, بقي
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: armãn
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Belarusian: застава́цца, заста́цца
 * Bengali: ,
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:, оста́на
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Cherokee: ᎡᏙᎮᏍᏗᏉᎠ
 * Cheyenne: -sétoo'e
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: resti
 * Estonian:, viibima
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: stâ, restâ
 * Galician:, ,
 * Georgian: დარჩენა, გაჩერება
 * German: ,
 * Alemannic German: bliibe
 * Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μένω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: dvelja,
 * Irish: fan
 * Istriot: stà
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:, , , ,
 * Kabuverdianu: mora
 * Kazakh: қалу
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean:, 투숙하다 , , 숙박하다
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ຢູ່, ປະທັບ
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: palikt
 * Lithuanian: pasilikti
 * Lombard:
 * Lushootseed: baʔs
 * Macedonian: останува, остане
 * Malay:
 * Maori:
 * Middle English: lenden
 * Mongolian:
 * Ngazidja Comorian: êshi
 * Norman: rester
 * North Frisian: bliwe,  bliiw,  bliiv
 * Norwegian:, forbli
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: wunian, belīfan
 * Oromo: turuu
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, ; ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: takuy
 * Romani: aćhel
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit: गाधते,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: о̀стати
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: zostať
 * Slovene: ostajati,
 * Spanish:, , pasar la noche,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ;
 * Tagalog: manatili
 * Tajik:
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:, คงอยู่
 * Tocharian B: sāk-
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: durmak
 * Ukrainian: затри́муватися, зостава́тися
 * Urdu: رہنا
 * Uyghur: قالماق, تۇرماق
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Venetian:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yakut: хаал
 * Yiddish: בלײַבן
 * Zazaki: vınden


 * Armenian:
 * Bengali:, রয়ে যাওয়া
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: resti
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μένω
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: のままである, のままでいる
 * Latin: ,
 * Lithuanian:
 * Norman: rester
 * Norwegian:, forbli
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Romanian:, rămâne, dăinui
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: hålla sig, ,


 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: prokrasti
 * Estonian: viivitama
 * Finnish:
 * German: ; ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Italian:
 * Maori: tinaku, whakatārewa
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Aromanian:
 * Old English:, (1)
 * Romanian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: (1)

Noun

 * 1) Continuance or a period of time spent in a place; abode for an indefinite time.
 * 2)  A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
 * 3)  A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.
 * 4) A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
 * 5)  A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
 * 6) Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
 * 7)  Hindrance; let; check.
 * 1)  A stop; a halt; a break or cessation of action, motion, or progress.
 * 2) A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
 * 3)  A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
 * 4) Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
 * 5)  Hindrance; let; check.
 * 1) A fixed state; fixedness; stability; permanence.
 * 2)  A station or fixed anchorage for vessels.
 * 3) Restraint of passion; prudence; moderation; caution; steadiness; sobriety.
 * 4)  Hindrance; let; check.
 * 1)  Hindrance; let; check.
 * 1)  Hindrance; let; check.
 * 1)  Hindrance; let; check.

Translations

 * Arabic: إِقَامَة
 * Belarusian: прабыва́нне, по́быт
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: restado
 * Finnish: ; ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μονή, ἐπιδημία
 * Hebrew: שהות
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Lithuanian: pabuvimas, viešėjimas
 * Macedonian: престој
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: opphold
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бо̀равак
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: pobyt
 * Slovene: bivanje
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: перебува́ння, пробува́ння,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech: odložení,, odročení
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: viivitus
 * Finnish:
 * German: Aussetzung
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ankkurointipaikka


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:, ,

Etymology 2
From, from , , from , a contracted form of , "a prop, stay, help, aid"; compare 🇨🇬,, from , from , from. See above.

Noun

 * 1) A prop; a support.
 * 2) * April 27, 1823,, Table Talk
 * Lord Liverpool is the single stay of this ministry.
 * 1) A piece of stiff material, such as plastic or whalebone, used to stiffen a piece of clothing.
 * Where are the stays for my collar?
 * 1)  A corset.
 * 2)  A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.
 * Where are the stays for my collar?
 * 1)  A corset.
 * 2)  A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.
 * 1)  A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.
 * 1)  A fastening for a garment; a hook; a clasp; anything to hang another thing on.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, tukipylväs
 * Galician:
 * Maori: pūrengi, hōngai, hōkai
 * Persian:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian: банел
 * Finnish: vahvike


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Swedish:

Etymology 3
From, from , from , from , , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
 * 2) A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element.
 * The engineer insisted on using stays for the scaffolding.
 * 1) The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: щаг
 * Catalan: estai
 * Esperanto: stajo
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Italian: ,
 * Maori: pūwhenua, pūrengi
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: estai
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * German: Abspannung, ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese: estai


 * German:, Stützbolzen, Ankerbolzen, , Sprieße,


 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Maori: ,
 * Norwegian:

Verb

 * 1) To brace or support with a stay or stays
 * stay a mast
 * 1)  To incline forward, aft, or to one side by means of stays.
 * 2)  To tack; put on the other tack.
 * to stay ship
 * 1)  To change; tack; go about; be in stays, as a ship.

Etymology 4
From, from , an apocopated variant of , from , see.

Adjective

 * 1)  Steep; ascending.
 * 2)   Steeply pitched.
 * 3)  Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
 * 4)  Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.
 * 1)  Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud.

Adverb

 * 1)  Steeply.

Etymology
From, from , from , , from.

Noun

 * 1)  A stay (rope).