# stiall
## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish stíall (“strip, panel, slat, zone, border”). The verb is denominative from the noun.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃtʲiəl̪ˠ/

### Noun

stiall f (genitive singular stéille, nominative plural stiallacha)
* strip, slice
* piece, part
* cut, stroke, lash
* (literary) strip, panel

#### Declension

Second declension

#### Derived terms

* fostiall (“undercut”)
* stiallfhótagrafaíocht (“schlieren photography”)

### Verb

stiall (present analytic stiallann, future analytic stiallfaidh, verbal noun stialladh, past participle stiallta)
* to cut in strips
* to rend, tear
* to cut, lash, wound
* to make cutting remarks about, criticize
* to shred (of paper)

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | stiallaim | stiallann tú; stiallair$^†$ | stiallann sé, sí | stiallaimid | stiallann sibh | stiallann siad; stiallaid$^†$ | a stiallann; a stiallas | stialltar |
| indicative | past | stiall mé; stiallas | stiall tú; stiallais | stiall sé, sí | stiallamar; stiall muid | stiall sibh; stiallabhair | stiall siad; stialladar | a stiall / ar stiall* | stialladh |
| indicative | past habitual | stiallainn | stialltá | stialladh sé, sí | stiallaimis; stialladh muid | stialladh sibh | stiallaidís; stialladh siad | a stialladh / a stialladh* | stialltaí |
| future | future | stiallfaidh mé; stiallfad | stiallfaidh tú; stiallfair$^†$ | stiallfaidh sé, sí | stiallfaimid; stiallfaidh muid | stiallfaidh sibh | stiallfaidh siad; stiallfaid$^†$ | a stiallfaidh; a stiallfas | stiallfar |
| conditional | conditional | stiallfainn | stiallfá | stiallfadh sé, sí | stiallfaimis; stiallfadh muid | stiallfadh sibh | stiallfaidís; stiallfadh siad | a stiallfadh / a stiallfadh* | stiallfaí |
| subjunctive | present | go stialla mé; go stiallad$^†$ | go stialla tú; go stiallair$^†$ | go stialla sé, sí | go stiallaimid; go stialla muid | go stialla sibh | go stialla siad; go stiallaid$^†$ | — | go stialltar |
| subjunctive | past | dá stiallainn | dá stialltá | dá stialladh sé, sí | dá stiallaimis; dá stialladh muid | dá stialladh sibh | dá stiallaidís; dá stialladh siad | — | dá stialltaí |
| imperative | imperative | stiallaim | stiall | stialladh sé, sí | stiallaimis | stiallaigí; stiallaidh$^†$ | stiallaidís | — | stialltar |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | stialladh | stialladh | stialladh | stialladh | stialladh | stialladh | stialladh | stialladh |
| past participle | past participle | stiallta | stiallta | stiallta | stiallta | stiallta | stiallta | stiallta | stiallta |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “stíall”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 352, page 121

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “stíallaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “stiall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN