Synonyms: pick, sting, pierce, prick, puncture, pique, stick, jab, poke, goad, prickle
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /stæb/ |
| Hyphenation | stab |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑕𐑑𐑨𐑚 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐑅𐐻𐐰𐐺 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) stab | (I) stabbed |
| (thou) stabbest | (thou) stabbedst |
| (he) stabs, stabbeth | (he) stabbed |
| (we) stab | (we) stabbed |
| (you) stab | (you) stabbed |
| (they) stab | (they) stabbed |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) stab | (I) stabbed |
| (thou) stab | (thou) stabbed |
| (he) stab | (he) stabbed |
| (we) stab | (we) stabbed |
| (you) stab | (you) stabbed |
| (they) stab | (they) stabbed |
| Imperative mood | |
| stab | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| stabbing | stabbed |
| Afrikaans | steek |
|---|---|
| Albanian | thumboj |
| Catalan | picar; punxar |
| Danish | stikke |
| Dutch | steken |
| Esperanto | piki |
| Faeroese | prika |
| Finnish | pistää |
| French | piquer |
| German | stechen |
| Italian | pungere |
| Latin | pungere |
| Luxemburgish | stiechen |
| Malay | tikam; tusuk; menusuk |
| Norwegian | stikke |
| Portuguese | aferroar; picar |
| Russian | кольнуть |
| Saterland Frisian | stöäkelje; steete; prikje; stikje; stichelje |
| Spanish | picar; pinchar; punzar |
| Sranan | dyuku |
| Swedish | sticka |
| West Frisian | stekke |
| Yiddish | שטעכן |