stèidh
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- stéidh
Etymology
From Old Norse stæða (“to establish”). Compare Orcadian steeth (“foundation”) and steethe (“to found”)
Pronunciation
- (noun) IPA(key): /ʃtʲeː/
- (verb) IPA(key): /stʲeː/
Noun
stèidh f (genitive singular stèidhe, plural stèidhean)
- foundation, basis
- term
Derived terms
- ath-stèidhich (“re-establish, restore”, verb)
- stèidhich (“establish, found, find (determine an issue in law)”, verb)
Verb
stèidh (past stèidh, future stèidhidh, verbal noun stèidheadh, past participle stèidhte)
- establish, found, set up
- stèidhte air fianais ― evidence-based, based on evidence
- build
- stèidh mòine ― build a peat stack
Derived terms
- ath-stèidheachadh m (“re-establishment, restoration”)
- ball-stèidhe m (“baseball”)
- bonn-stèidh f (“basis, constitution (in law), ground, foundation”)
- bun-stèidh f (“basis, foundation, origin, constitution (non-statutory)”)
- mì-stèidheil (“wavering, unsteady”)
- neo-stèidhichte (“unestablished”)
- ro-stèidh f (“premise (logic)”)
- stèidh-dhaingneach f (“foundation, basis”)
- stèidheil (“well-grounded, well-founded, solid, judicious, sensible”)
- stèidh innealraidh f (“machinery plinth”)
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| stèidh | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- “stèidh” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, →ISBN.
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911) An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN