staic

Irish

Alternative forms

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

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