stóilín

Irish

Etymology

stól +‎ -ín

Noun

stóilín m (genitive singular stóilín, nominative plural stóilíní)

  1. a little stool
    • 1938, Marie-Louise Sjoestedt-Jonval, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, § 203:
      má théigheann tu chun pósadh gan chuire, beir leat stóilín chun suidhe
      if you go to a wedding without an invitation, take a little stool to sit on

Declension

Declension of stóilín (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative stóilín stóilíní
vocative a stóilín a stóilíní
genitive stóilín stóilíní
dative stóilín stóilíní
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an stóilín na stóilíní
genitive an stóilín na stóilíní
dative leis an stóilín
don stóilín 		leis na stóilíní

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “stóilín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1128; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
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