staighre

Irish
Staighre

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English steire, from Old English stǣġer (“stair, staircase”),[2] from Proto-West Germanic *staigri, from Proto-Germanic *staigriz (“stairs, scaffolding”), from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to walk, proceed, march, climb”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic staidhre.

Pronunciation

Noun

staighre f (genitive singular staighre, nominative plural staighrí)

  1. stairs (contiguous set of steps), a stairway

Declension
Declension of staighre

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative staighre staighrí
Vocative a staighre a staighrí
Genitive staighre staighrí
Dative staighre staighrí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an staighre na staighrí
Genitive na staighre na staighrí
Dative leis an staighre

don staighre

 leis na staighrí

Derived terms
  • staighre beo (“escalator”)
  • staighre bíse (“spiral staircase”)
  • thíos an staighre (“downstairs”)
  • thuas an staighre (“upstairs”)

References
  1. “staighre”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “staigre”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 195, page 98

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