# stailc
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /sˠt̪ˠɑlʲc/
* (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: /sˠt̪ˠalʲc/

### Etymology 1

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#### Noun

stailc f (genitive singular stailce, nominative plural stailceanna)
* stubborn trait; sulk, sulkiness
* strike

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
stailc
stailceanna
vocative
a stailc
a stailceanna
genitive
stailce
stailceanna
dative
stailc
stailceanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an stailc
na stailceanna
genitive
na stailce
na stailceanna
dative
leis an stailc don stailc
leis na stailceanna :

##### Derived terms

* bristeoir stailce (“strike-breaker”)
* capall stailce (“stubborn, sulky, horse”)
* dul ar stailc (“to go on strike”)
* dul chun stailce (“to get stubborn; to sulk”)
* gríosóir stailce (“strike-monger”)
* stailc ar an láthair (“stay-in strike”)
* stailc ocrais (“hunger-strike”)
* stailc thaobhaitheach (“sympathetic strike”)
* stailceoir (“striker”)

### Etymology 2

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#### Noun

stailc f (genitive singular stailce)
* starch

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
nominative
stailc
vocative
a stailc
genitive
stailce
dative
stailc
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an stailc
genitive
na stailce
dative
leis an stailc don stailc :

##### Derived terms

* stailc phrátaí (“potato-starch”)
* stailceach (“starchy”, adjective)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

stailc f (genitive singular stailce, nominative plural stailceanna)
* Alternative form of staic (“stake, post; stock; butt, stump”)

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
stailc
stailceanna
vocative
a stailc
a stailceanna
genitive
stailce
stailceanna
dative
stailc
stailceanna
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an stailc
na stailceanna
genitive
na stailce
na stailceanna
dative
leis an stailc don stailc
leis na stailceanna :

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

stailc m
* inflection of stalc (“stiff, stodgy, thing”):
** vocative/genitive singular
** nominative/dative plural

### References

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

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

stailc f (genitive singular stailce, plural stailcean)
* stop
** strike, industrial action
* stubbornness
* thump
* pride
* stump
* driving, pressing or pushing forward
* prick, thorn

### Verb

stailc (stalc or, stailceadh)
* drive, press forward
* butt
* strike, knock against.
* stamp, put down the foot suddenly.
* lash against
* cram
* prick
* busk a fishing-hook
* stiffen oneself

### References

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “stailc”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “stailc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language