# stilla
## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse stilla (“to calm”), borrowed from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon *stillian, from Proto-West Germanic *stillijan (“to make still”).

### Verb

stilla
* (intransitive) to stop, to come to a standstill
* (intransitive) to calm down
* (transitive) to calm

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.
$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse stilla (“to calm”), borrowed from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon *stillian, from Proto-West Germanic *stillijan (“to make still”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈstɪtla/
* Rhymes: -ɪtla

### Verb

stilla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative stillti, supine stillt)
* (transitive) to calm, to still
* (transitive) to adjust
* (transitive, of a musical instrument) to tune
    Synonym: stemma
* (reflexive) to calm down

#### Derived terms

* stilling

## Italian
### Etymology 1

From Latin stilla.

#### Noun

stilla f (plural stille)
* drop

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

stilla
* inflection of stillare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* stalli

## Latin
### Etymology

Probably a diminutive from stīria (“frozen drop, icicle”), compare Ancient Greek στίλη (stílē, “minute particle, a drop”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈstiːl.la/, [ˈs̠t̪iːlːʲä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈstil.la/, [ˈst̪ilːä]

### Noun

stīlla f (genitive stīllae); first declension
* a drop (of a liquid)
* (figuratively) a drop, small quantity

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* stīllārium
* stīllātim
* stīllicidium
* stīllō

#### Related terms

* stīllanter
* stīllātīcius
* stīllātiō

#### Descendants

* Italian: stilla
* → English: still (as in whisky still)

### References

* “stilla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* stilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “stī̆lla”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 587

## Maltese
### Alternative forms

* istilla (after the definite article)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian stidda, stilla, from Latin stēlla.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈstɪl.la/

### Noun

stilla f (plural stilel or (less common) stilli)
* star
    Synonyms: kewkba, (obsolete) niġma

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²stɪlːɑ/

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

stilla f
* definite singular of stille

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* stille
* stella
* stelle

#### Verb

stilla (present tense stiller, past tense stilte, past participle stilt, present participle stillande, imperative still)
* to place, put, position
    Eg stiller denne vasen på bordet.
       I place this vase on the table.
* to assume a certain position, literally or figuratively
    Still deg inn til veggen!
       Stand against the wall!
    Ho stilte til val.
       She ran for office.
    Han stilte seg tvilande til dette.
       He doubted this (He assumed a doubting position towards this)
    Eg stiller på fem minutt om du treng meg.
       I will be there in five minutes if you need me.

### Etymology 3

From Old Norse stilla. Akin to English still.

#### Alternative forms

* stille

#### Verb

stilla (present tense stiller, past tense stilte, past participle stilt, present participle stillande, imperative still)
* to stop, alleviate (only in certain contexts, or poetic/archaic)
    Eg stilte den verste svolten med eit eple.I alleviated the worst of my hunger with an apple.

### References

* “stilla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse stilla, borrowed from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon *stillian, from Proto-West Germanic *stillijan.

### Verb

stilla
* to calm
* to stop a flow (of water)
* to suppress
* to avert, prevent

#### Descendants

* Swedish: stilla

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Middle Low German stille, from Old Saxon stilli, from Proto-West Germanic *stillī.

#### Adjective

stilla (comparative mer stilla, superlative mest stilla)
* still, calm

##### Declension

No inflected forms.

##### Derived terms

* Stilla havet
* stilla veckan
* stillbild
* stillestånd
* stillhet
* stillsam

### Etymology 2

From Old Swedish stilla, from Old Norse stilla, borrowed from Middle Low German stillen, from Old Saxon *stillian, from Proto-West Germanic *stillijan.

#### Verb

stilla (present stillar, preterite stillade, supine stillat, imperative stilla)
* to still
* to make quiet

##### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

##### Related terms

* stillare

### References

* ↑ stilla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* ↑ stilla in Svensk ordbok (SO)