# stal
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈstal]

### Participle

stal
* (reflexive with se) masculine singular past active participle of stát pf

## Dalmatian
### Etymology

Possibly from Latin stilos (“stake”); compare also Italian stollo, possibly of Germanic origin.

### Noun

stal m
* millstone shaft

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stɑl/
* Rhymes: -ɑl

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch stal, from Old Dutch *stal, from Proto-West Germanic *stall, from Proto-Germanic *stallaz.

#### Noun

stal m (plural stallen, diminutive stalletje n)
* a stable, a place to keep hoofed animals
* a pigsty, particularly disorderly place
* a pool of horses, racers etc. owned or managed by a same person or entity
* a stall, notably as a vending place on a market
* (rare) a marked period of time
* (rare) a thin pole
* (rare) a leg of a piece of furniture

##### Derived terms

* bijenstal
* binnenstal
* buitenstal
* geitenstal
* kerststal
* koeienstal
* megastal
* melkstal
* meststal
* opfokstal
* paardenstal
* renstal
* schapenstal
* stalbeest
* stalbrand
* staldier
* staljongen
* stalknecht
* stallen
* stalmeester
* stalmest
* stalwarmte
* varkensstal

##### Descendants

* → Caribbean Javanese: setal
* → Papiamentu: stal

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

stal
* inflection of stallen:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative

#### Verb

stal
* singular past indicative of stelen

### Anagrams

* last

## French
### Etymology

Clipping of staliniste.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stal/

### Noun

stal m or f (plural stals)
* (communism, derogatory) A Stalinist, a Marxist-Leninist.
* (by extension, communism, derogatory) A communist regardless of their ideology.
* (by extension, politics, derogatory) A far-left person.

### Adjective

stal m or f (plural stals)
* (communism, derogatory) Stalinist, Marxist-Leninist.
* (by extension, communism, derogatory) Communist.
* (by extension, politics, derogatory) Far-left

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *stal, from Proto-Germanic *stallaz.

#### Noun

stal m or n
* (act of) standing
* market stall
* stable
* leg of furniture or some other object

##### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

##### Descendants

* Dutch: stal
** Afrikaans: stal
* Limburgish: stal

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

stal m
* theft
    Synonym: diefte

##### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

##### Descendants

* Dutch: diefstal (in compound)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

stal
* first/third-person singular past indicative of stēlen

### Further reading

* “stal”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “stal (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “stal (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

## Middle English
### Verb

stal
* first/third-person singular past indicative of stelen
* (later) second-person singular past indicative of stelen

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Verb

stal
* past of stela

## Old Norse
### Verb

stal
* first/third-person singular past indicative active of stela

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Stahl.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈstal/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: stal
* Homophone: Stal

### Noun

stal f (related adjective stalowy)
* steel (artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness)

#### Derived terms

* staliwo
* stalówka

### Further reading

* stal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* stal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* stal in PWN's encyclopedia

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French stalle.

### Noun

stal n (plural staluri)
* stall (in a theatre)

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stɑːl/

### Verb

stal
* past indicative of stjäla

### Anagrams

* last, lats, salt, tals