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Irish
Etymology
From a conflation of Middle English stake (“stake, fencepost”) (from Old English staca, from Proto-West Germanic *stakō, from Proto-Germanic *stakô) and stak (“stack”) (from Old Norse stakkr, from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz). Doublet of staca (from stak) and staic (from a variant form of stake).
Pronunciation
Noun
stáca m (genitive singular stáca, nominative plural stácaí)
- stake (pointed long and slender piece of wood)
- loisc ag an stáca ― to burn at the stake
- stack (pile of identical objects)
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References
- ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 315, page 66
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 413, page 135
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