stailc
Irish
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠt̪ˠɑlʲc/
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /sˠt̪ˠalʲc/
Etymology 1
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Noun
stailc f (genitive singular stailce, nominative plural stailceanna)
- stubborn trait; sulk, sulkiness
- strike
Declension
Second declension
Bare forms
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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”)
- stailceoir (“striker”)
- stailc ocrais (“hunger-strike”)
- stailc thaobhaitheach (“sympathetic strike”)
Etymology 2
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Noun
stailc f (genitive singular stailce)
- starch
Declension
Second declension
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Derived terms
- stailc phrátaí (“potato-starch”)
- stailceach (“starchy”, adjective)
Noun
stailc f (genitive singular stailce, nominative plural stailceanna)
- Alternative form of staic (“stake, post; stock; butt, stump”)
Declension
Second declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Noun
stailc m
- inflection of stalc (“stiff, stodgy, thing”):
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative/dative plural
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “stailc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “stailc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
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Noun
stailc f (genitive singular stailce, plural stailcean)
- stop
- strike, industrial action
- stubbornness
- thump
- pride
- stump
- driving, pressing or pushing forward
- prick, thorn
Verb
stailc (stalc or, stailceadh)
- drive, press forward
- butt
- strike, knock against.
- stamp, put down the foot suddenly.
- lash against
- cram
- prick
- busk a fishing-hook
- stiffen oneself
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “stailc”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “stailc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language