staic

Irish

Alternative forms

• staidhc, staidhce, stailc

Etymology

From Middle English stack, alternative form of stake, from Old English staca (“pin, tack, stake”), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“pole”). Doublet of stáca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠt̪ˠac/

Noun

staic f (genitive singular staice, nominative plural staiceanna or staiceacha or staicí)

1. picket, stake, post

   Synonyms: cuaille, posta

2. stocky, thickset person

Declension

Declension of staic (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative staic staiceanna vocative a staic a staiceanna genitive staice staiceanna dative staic staiceanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an staic na staiceanna genitive na staice na staiceanna dative leis an staic don staic leis na staiceanna

Derived terms

• ar staic (“fixed in position”)
• déan staic de (“to petrify; nonplus”)
• staic mhagaidh (“laughing stock”)

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “staic”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 690
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “staic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN