stéig

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish staíc (“steak, piece of meat”), from Old Norse steik. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic staoig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtʲeːɟ/

Noun

stéig f (genitive singular stéige, nominative plural stéigeacha or stéigeanna)

  1. slice (of meat, flesh); strip
  2. steak
  3. (anatomy) gut, intestine

Declension

Declension of stéig (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative stéig stéigeacha
vocative a stéig a stéigeacha
genitive stéige stéigeacha
dative stéig stéigeacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an stéig na stéigeacha
genitive na stéige na stéigeacha
dative leis an stéig
don stéig 		leis na stéigeacha
Declension of stéig (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative stéig stéigeanna
vocative a stéig a stéigeanna
genitive stéige stéigeanna
dative stéig stéigeanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an stéig na stéigeanna
genitive na stéige na stéigeanna
dative leis an stéig
don stéig 		leis na stéigeanna

Derived terms

Derived terms
  • (steak):
    • stéig chaoldroma (“sirloin-steak”)
    • stéig easna (“rib-steak”)
    • stéig gheadáin (“rump-steak”)
    • stéig mhairteola (“beefsteak”)
    • stéig mháis (“round steak”)
  • (intestine):
    • an stéig bheag (“the small intestine”)
    • an stéig mhór (“the large intestine”)
    • stéigeach (“intestinal”, adjective)
  • (strip):
    • stéig de dhuine (“thin miserable-looking person”)
    • stéig thalún (“patch of bleak barren land”)
    • stéigeach m (“bleak barren land”)
    • stéigiúil (“barren, exposed”, adjective)
    • stéigthe (“thin and miserable”, adjective)

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