staidhre
Irish edit
Noun edit
staidhre f (genitive singular staidhre, nominative plural staidhrí)
- (now nonstandard) Alternative spelling of staighre
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English steire, from Old English stǣġer (“stair, staircase”), from Proto-West Germanic *staigri, from Proto-Germanic *staigriz (“stairs, scaffolding”), from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to walk, proceed, march, climb”). Cognate with Irish staighre.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
staidhre f (genitive singular staidhre, plural staidhrichean)