stailc

Irish

Noun

stailc f (genitive singular stailce, nominative plural stailceanna)

  1. stubborn trait; sulk, sulkiness
  2. strike
Declension
Declension of stailc

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative stailc stailceanna
Vocative a stailc a stailceanna
Genitive stailce stailceanna
Dative stailc stailceanna

Forms with the definite article

Case 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”)
  • stailceoir (“striker”)
  • stailc ocrais (“hunger-strike”)
  • stailc thaobhaitheach (“sympathetic strike”)

Noun

stailc f (genitive singular stailce)

  1. starch
Declension
Declension of stailc

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative stailc
Vocative a stailc
Genitive stailce
Dative stailc

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an stailc
Genitive na stailce
Dative leis an stailc

don stailc

Derived terms
  • stailc phrátaí (“potato-starch”)
  • stailceach (“starchy”, adjective)

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative stailc stailceanna
Vocative a stailc a stailceanna
Genitive stailce stailceanna
Dative stailc stailceanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an stailc na stailceanna
Genitive na stailce na stailceanna
Dative leis an stailc

don stailc

 leis na stailceanna

Noun

stailc m

  1. vocative singular of stalc (“stiff, stodgy, thing”)
  2. genitive singular of stalc
  3. nominative plural of stalc
  4. dative plural of stalc

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

Scottish Gaelic

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
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “stailc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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