stéig
Irish
Alternative forms
- stéic
Etymology
From Middle Irish staíc (“steak, piece of meat”), from Old Norse steik. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic staoig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtʲeːɟ/
Noun
stéig f (genitive singular stéige, nominative plural stéigeacha or stéigeanna)
Declension
Declension of stéig
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Declension of stéig
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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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)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “stéig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “staíc, staéc, staci”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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