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Irish
Etymology 1
From Old Irish stán (“tin”), from Proto-Celtic *stagnos.
Noun
stán m (genitive singular stáin, nominative plural stáin)
- tin
- tin vessel
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
stán (present analytic stánann, future analytic stánfaidh, verbal noun stánadh, past participle stánta)
- (intransitive) stare
Conjugation
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Derived terms
- stánaí m (“starer, gazer; brazen person”)
Etymology 3
Verb
stán (present analytic stánann, future analytic stánfaidh, verbal noun stánadh, past participle stánta)
- (transitive) Alternative form of stánáil (“beat, trounce; stuff”)
Etymology 4
From Old Irish stánaid (“stops, draws back, refrains from, desists from”, verb).
Verb
stán (present analytic stánann, future analytic stánfaidh, verbal noun stánadh, past participle stánta)
- (intransitive) Alternative form of staon (“stop, desist; abstain, forbear; draw back, flinch”)
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “stán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “stán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “stánaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language