Synonyms: dwell, live, reside, house, lodge
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /steɪ̯/ |
| Hyphenation | stay |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑕𐑑𐑱 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐑅𐐻𐐩 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) stay | (I) stayed |
| (thou) stayest | (thou) stayedst |
| (he) stays, stayeth | (he) stayed |
| (we) stay | (we) stayed |
| (you) stay | (you) stayed |
| (they) stay | (they) stayed |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) stay | (I) stayed |
| (thou) stay | (thou) stayed |
| (he) stay | (he) stayed |
| (we) stay | (we) stayed |
| (you) stay | (you) stayed |
| (they) stay | (they) stayed |
| Imperative mood | |
| stay | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| staying | stayed |
| Afrikaans | woon; bly |
|---|---|
| Catalan | residir |
| Chinook Jargon | miɬayt |
| Czech | bydlet; bydleti; bydlit; bydliti; přebývat |
| Danish | bo |
| Dutch | wonen |
| English (Old English) | buan; wunian; wician |
| Esperanto | loĝi |
| Faeroese | búgva; gista |
| Finnish | asua |
| French | demeurer; habiter; loger |
| German | wohnen |
| Icelandic | búa |
| Italian | abitare; dimorare; stare |
| Latin | colere; habitare |
| Low German | woanen; wonnen |
| Luxemburgish | wunnen |
| Norwegian | bo |
| Papiamento | biba |
| Polish | mieszkać |
| Portuguese | estar hospedado; habitar; morar |
| Romanian | locui |
| Russian | жить; пожить |
| Saterland Frisian | huusje; woonje |
| Scots | dwall |
| Spanish | habitar |
| Sranan | libi |
| Swedish | bo; bygga |
| Thai | อาศัย; อาศัยอยู่ |
| Welsh | byw |
| West Frisian | wenje |