stailc

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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stailc f (genitive singular stailce, nominative plural stailceanna)

  1. stubborn trait; sulk, sulkiness
  2. strike
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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stailc f (genitive singular stailce)

  1. starch
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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stailc f (genitive singular stailce, nominative plural stailceanna)

  1. Alternative form of staic (stake, post; stock; butt, stump)
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Etymology 4

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Noun

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stailc m

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

References

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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Noun

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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

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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

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  • 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