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starfa.

to work

6 characters2 syllables approx.Íslenska language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈstarva]

  1. to work

    weak
    starfa sem
    Hún fór að starfa í Reykjavík.

  2. to work for a living, to be employed

    weak
    Hvað starfar þú?
    Ef þú værir ekki kennari, við hvað myndir þú þá vilja starfa?

  3. to function

    weak
    Hjartabilun er ástand þar sem hjartavöðvinn starfar ekki eðlilega.
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse starfa (“to exert oneself”), through an intermediate meaning “to endure” derived from Proto-Germanic *sterbaną (“to become stiff”). By surface analysis, starf n (“work”) + -a (denominal suffix). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål starve (“to work, exert oneself”).

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