stá

• IPA^(key): [ˈstaː]

stá

1. inflection of stý:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

From Old Norse stá, from Proto-Germanic *stāną.

• IPA^(key): /stɔɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɔɑː

stá (third person singular past indicative stóð, third person plural past indicative stóðu, supine staðið)

1. (poetic) to stand

• standa

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠt̪ˠɑː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠt̪ˠaː/

stá m (genitive singular stá)

1. use
2. good condition, good appearance

• as stá (“unsightly, worn out”)
• místá (“disapproving look”)

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “? 2 stá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “stá”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1116; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “stá”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta/ [ˈst̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: stá

stá

1. (very informal) alternative spelling of está