staidéar

See also: staider

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle French estudier.

Noun

staidéar m (genitive singular staidéir)

  1. study, act of studying
  2. steadiness
  3. act of staying
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 196:
      Pé áit no pé tír go mbeidh stuidéir air, tair chugham-sa le scéala agus is maith é do luach saothair.
      Whatever place or whatever country he stays in, come to me with the news and your remuneration will be good.

Declension

Declension of staidéar (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative staidéar
vocative a staidéir
genitive staidéir
dative staidéar
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an staidéar
genitive an staidéir
dative leis an staidéar
don staidéar

Derived terms

  • cás-staidéar
  • halla staidéir
  • saoire staidéir
  • seomra staidéir
  • staidéar allamuigh
  • staidéar ama
  • staidéar ama agus gluaiseachta
  • staidéar cáis

References

  1. ^ staidéar”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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