stakar

From Old Norse stafkarl (“beggar”), from stafr (“staff”) +‎ karl (“man”). Doublet of stakall.

• stakkar
• dakar (used in pity)

• IPA^(key): /²staːkar/, /²stakar/
• Rhymes: -aːkar, -akar, -kar

stakar m (genitive stakars)

1. a beggar
2. a weak, powerless human
3. an unlucky person or creature, which people take pity on
   1. (in genitive) poor

      stakars barn ― poor child

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

stakar m

1. indefinite plural of stake

stakar

1. singular present of staka

• “stakar” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
• “stakar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

stakar

1. indefinite plural of stake

stakar

1. present indicative of staka

• kartas, kastar, rakast, rakats, saktar, starka