Irish

Noun

stailc f ‎(genitive singular stailce, nominative plural stailceanna)

1. stubborn trait; sulk, sulkiness
2. strike

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

stailc f ‎(genitive singular stailce)

1. starch

Declension

Derived terms

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

Etymology 3

Noun

stailc f ‎(genitive singular stailce, nominative plural stailceanna)

1. Alternative form of staic ‎(“stake, post; stock; butt, stump”)

Declension

Etymology 4

Noun

stailc m

1. vocative singular of stalc ‎(“stiff, stodgy, thing”)
2. genitive singular of stalc
3. nominative plural of stalc
4. dative plural of stalc

References

• "stailc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “stailc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

stailc f ‎(genitive singular stailce, plural stailcean)

1. stop
   1. strike, industrial action
2. stubbornness
3. thump
4. pride
5. stump
6. driving, pressing or pushing forward
7. prick, thorn

Verb

stailc ‎(stalc or, stailceadh)

1. drive, press]] forward]]
2. butt
3. strike, knock]] against.
4. stamp, put down the foot suddenly.
5. lash against
6. cram
7. prick
8. busk a fishing-hook
9. stiffen oneself

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “stailc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.