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Irish
Noun
staidhre f (genitive singular staidhre, nominative plural staidhrí)
- (now nonstandard) Alternative spelling of staighre
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle English steire, from Old English stǣġer (“stair, staircase”), from Proto-West Germanic *staigri, from Proto-Germanic *staigriz (“stairs, scaffolding”), from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to walk, proceed, march, climb”). Cognate with Irish staighre.
Pronunciation
Noun
staidhre f (genitive singular staidhre, plural staidhrichean)
- stair, step
- staircase
- flight (of stairs)
Derived terms