stéig

Irish

Alternative forms
  • stéic

Etymology

From Old Irish stéig (“portion, slice”).

Noun

stéig f (genitive singular stéige, nominative plural stéigeacha or stéigeanna)

  1. slice (of meat, flesh); strip
  2. steak
  3. (anatomy) gut, intestine

Declension
Declension of stéig

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative stéig stéigeacha
Vocative a stéig a stéigeacha
Genitive stéige stéigeacha
Dative stéig stéigeacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an stéig na stéigeacha
Genitive na stéige na stéigeacha
Dative leis an stéig

don stéig

 leis na stéigeacha
Declension of stéig

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative stéig stéigeanna
Vocative a stéig a stéigeanna
Genitive stéige stéigeanna
Dative stéig stéigeanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an stéig na stéigeanna
Genitive na stéige na stéigeanna
Dative leis an stéig

don stéig

 leis na stéigeanna

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • (steak):
    • stéig chaoldroma (“sirloin-steak”)
    • stéig easna (“rib-steak”)
    • stéig gheadáin (“rump-steak”)
    • stéig mhairteola (“beefsteak”)
    • stéig mháis (“round steak”)
  • (intestine):
    • an stéig bheag (“the small intestine”)
    • an stéig mhór (“the large intestine”)
    • stéigeach (“intestinal”, adj)
  • (strip):
    • stéig de dhuine (“thin miserable-looking person”)
    • stéig thalún (“patch of bleak barren land”)
    • stéigeach m (“bleak barren land”)
    • stéigiúil (“barren, exposed”, adj)
    • stéigthe (“thin and miserable”, adj)

References
  • "stéig" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “stéig” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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