stailc

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Noun

stailc f (genitive singular stailce, nominative plural stailceanna)

  1. stubborn trait; sulk, sulkiness
  2. strike
Declension
Declension of stailc (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative stailc stailceanna
vocative a stailc a stailceanna
genitive stailce stailceanna
dative stailc stailceanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an stailc na stailceanna
genitive na stailce na stailceanna
dative leis an stailc
don stailc 		leis na stailceanna
Derived terms
  • bristeoir stailce (“strike-breaker”)
  • capall stailce (“stubborn, sulky, horse”)
  • dul ar stailc (“to go on strike”)
  • dul chun stailce (“to get stubborn; to sulk”)
  • gríosóir stailce (“strike-monger”)
  • stailc ar an láthair (“stay-in strike”)
  • stailc ocrais (“hunger-strike”)
  • stailc thaobhaitheach (“sympathetic strike”)
  • stailceoir (“striker”)

Etymology 2

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Noun

stailc f (genitive singular stailce)

  1. starch
Declension
Declension of stailc (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative stailc
vocative a stailc
genitive stailce
dative stailc
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an stailc
genitive na stailce
dative leis an stailc
don stailc
Derived terms
  • stailc phrátaí (“potato-starch”)
  • stailceach (“starchy”, adjective)

Etymology 3

Noun

stailc f (genitive singular stailce, nominative plural stailceanna)

  1. alternative form of staic (“stake, post; stock; butt, stump”)
Declension
Declension of stailc (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative stailc stailceanna
vocative a stailc a stailceanna
genitive stailce stailceanna
dative stailc stailceanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an stailc na stailceanna
genitive na stailce na stailceanna
dative leis an stailc
don stailc 		leis na stailceanna

Etymology 4

Noun

stailc m

  1. inflection of stalc (“stiff, stodgy, thing”):
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Noun

stailc f (genitive singular stailce, plural stailcean)

  1. stop
    1. strike, industrial action
  2. stubbornness
  3. thump
  4. pride
  5. stump
  6. driving, pressing or pushing forward
  7. prick, thorn

Verb

stailc (stalc or, stailceadh)

  1. drive, press forward
  2. butt
  3. strike, knock against.
  4. stamp, put down the foot suddenly.
  5. lash against
  6. cram
  7. prick
  8. busk a fishing-hook
  9. stiffen oneself

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “stailc”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “stailc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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