Synonyms: remain, stay over, abide, keep, rest, stop, tarry
| 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 | bly |
|---|---|
| Catalan | romandre |
| Chinook Jargon | miɬayt |
| Danish | forblive |
| Dutch | blijven; toeven; verblijven; zich ophouden |
| English (Old English) | ætsittan |
| Esperanto | resti |
| Faeroese | steðga; vera eftir; verða verandi |
| Finnish | jäädä |
| French | rester |
| German | bleiben; sich aufhalten |
| Italian | restare |
| Latin | manere |
| Low German | blyven |
| Luxemburgish | bleiwen |
| Malay | menginap |
| Norwegian | bli |
| Papiamento | keda |
| Polish | zostawać |
| Portuguese | ficar; permanecer; restar |
| Romanian | rămâne; sta |
| Russian | оставаться; остаться |
| Saterland Frisian | blieuwe; uurblieuwe |
| Scottish Gaelic | fan; fuirich |
| Spanish | quedarse |
| Sranan | tan |
| Swahili | ‐kaa |
| Swedish | förbli; förbliva; stanna |
| Thai | อาศัย; อาศัยอยู่ |
| Welsh | aros |
| West Frisian | bliuwe |