staighre
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Staighre
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English steire, from Old English stǣġer (“stair, staircase”),[2] from Proto-West Germanic *staigri, from Proto-Germanic *staigriz (“stairs, scaffolding”), from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to walk, proceed, march, climb”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic staidhre.
Pronunciation
Noun
staighre f (genitive singular staighre, nominative plural staighrí)
Declension
Declension of staighre
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- staighre beo (“escalator”)
- staighre bíse (“spiral staircase”)
- thíos an staighre (“downstairs”)
- thuas an staighre (“upstairs”)
References
- ^ “staighre”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “staigre”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 195, page 98
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “staiġre”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 690
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “staighre”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN