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Webster 1913 Edition


Stab

Stab

(stăb)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Stabbed
(stăbd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Stabbing
.]
[Cf. OD.
staven
to fix, fasten, fr.
stave
,
staff
, a staff, rod; akin to G.
stab
a staff, stick, E.
staff
; also Gael.
stob
to stab, as n., a stake, a stub. Cf.
Staff
.]
1.
To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument;
as, to
stab
a man with a dagger
; also, to thrust;
as, to
stab
a dagger into a person
.
2.
Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander;
as, to
stab
a person’s reputation
.

Stab

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.
None shall dare
With shortened sword to
stab
in closer war.
Dryden.
2.
To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.
She speaks poniards, and every word
stabs
.
Shakespeare
To stab at
,
to offer or threaten to stab; to thrust a pointed weapon at.

Stab

,
Noun.
1.
The thrust of a pointed weapon.
2.
A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon;
as, to fall by the
stab
of an assassin
.
Shak.
3.
Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly;
as, a
stab
given to character
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Stab

STAB

,
Verb.
T.
[This word contains the elements, and is probably from the primary sense, of the L., to point or prick, and a multitude of others in many languages. The radical sense is to thrust; but I know not to what oriental roots they are allied.]
1.
To pierce with a pointed weapon; as, to be stabbed by a dagger or a spear; to stab fish or eels.
2.
To wound mischievously or mortally; to kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument.
3.
To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab reputation.

STAB

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To give a wound with a pointed weapon.
None shall dare with shortend sword to stab in closer war.
2.
To give a mortal wound.
He speaks poniards, and every word stabs.
To stab at, to offer a stab; to thrust a pointed weapon at.

STAB

,
Noun.
1.
The thrust of a pointed weapon.
2.
A wound with a sharp pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab of an assassin.
3.
An injury given in the dark; a sly mischief; as a stab given to character.

Definition 2024


stáb

stáb

See also: stab, Stab, STAB, and štab

Hungarian

Noun

stáb (plural stábok)

  1. crew (the group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast)
  2. (colloquial) staff (a group of experts and leaders working together on a task)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative stáb stábok
accusative stábot stábokat
dative stábnak stáboknak
instrumental stábbal stábokkal
causal-final stábért stábokért
translative stábbá stábokká
terminative stábig stábokig
essive-formal stábként stábokként
essive-modal
inessive stábban stábokban
superessive stábon stábokon
adessive stábnál stáboknál
illative stábba stábokba
sublative stábra stábokra
allative stábhoz stábokhoz
elative stábból stábokból
delative stábról stábokról
ablative stábtól stáboktól
Possessive forms of stáb
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. stábom stábjaim
2nd person sing. stábod stábjaid
3rd person sing. stábja stábjai
1st person plural stábunk stábjaink
2nd person plural stábotok stábjaitok
3rd person plural stábjuk stábjaik

Synonyms

  • (crew): forgatócsoport
  • (staff): csapat

Derived terms

References

  1. Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2