stèidh

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • stéidh

Etymology

From Old Norse stæða (“to establish”). Compare Orcadian steeth (“foundation”) and steethe (“to found”).

Pronunciation
  • (noun) IPA(key): /ʃtʲeː/
  • (verb) IPA(key): /stʲeː/

Noun

stèidh f (genitive singular stèidhe, plural stèidhean)

  1. foundation, basis
  2. term

Derived terms
  • ath-stèidhich (“re-establish, restore”, verb)
  • stèidhich (“establish, found, find (determine an issue in law)”, verb)

Verb

stèidh (past stèidh, future stèidhidh, verbal noun stèidheadh, past participle stèidhte)

  1. establish, found, set up
    stèidhte air fianais ― evidence-based, based on evidence
  2. build
    stèidh mòine ― build a peat stack

Derived terms
  • ath-stèidheachadh m (“re-establishment, restoration”)
  • ball-stèidhe m (“baseball”)
  • bonn-stèidh f (“basis, constitution (in law), ground, foundation”)
  • bun-stèidh f (“basis, foundation, origin, constitution (non-statutory)”)
  • mì-stèidheil (“wavering, unsteady”)
  • neo-stèidhichte (“unestablished”)
  • ro-stèidh f (“premise (logic)”)
  • stèidh innealraidh f (“machinery plinth”)
  • stèidh-dhaingneach f (“foundation, basis”)
  • stèidheil (“well-grounded, well-founded, solid, judicious, sensible”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
stèidhunchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “stèidh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “stèidh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
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