different between starry vs stary

English

Etymology

From Middle English sterry, equivalent to star +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st??.?i/
• Rhymes: -???i

Adjective

starry (comparative starrier, superlative starriest)

1. Having stars visible.

   Alyssa stared out of her window at the starry night sky.

2. Resembling or shaped like a star.
   • 1904, Flora and Sylva (volume 2, page 90)

     An old shrub long grown in gardens for its irregular yellow flowers of peculiar starry shape, coming from October to December.

3. Full of stars or celebrities; star-studded.

   Despite a starry cast, the film performed poorly at the box office.

Translations

Anagrams

• Tarrys

English

Etymology

stare +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??.??/

Adjective

stary (comparative starier, superlative stariest)

1. Alternative spelling of starey
   • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist

     Buddy Eagleton was ahead of Reppler and he turned to run, his eyes wide and stary.

Anagrams

• T-rays, artsy, satyr, stray, trays, yrast

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *star?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?star?/

Adjective

stary (comparative staršy, superlative nejstaršy)

1. old

   Antonyms: m?ody, nowy

   • 1998, Erwin Hannusch, chapter 1, Niedersorbisch praktisch und verständlich, Bautzen: Domowina Verlag, ?ISBN, page 20:

Declension

Derived terms

• starjejšej (“parents”)

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *star?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sta.r?/

Adjective

stary (comparative starszy, superlative najstarszy, adverb staro)

1. old

Declension

Antonyms

• m?ody
• nowy

Derived terms

• staro??

Noun

stary m pers (feminine stara)

1. (slang, derogatory) father
2. (slang, derogatory) old man
3. (slang, derogatory) husband
4. (slang) boss
5. (slang) friend

Declension

Further reading

• stary in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• stary in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *star?.

Adjective

stary

1. old

Declension