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
stèidh	unchanged
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]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “stèidh”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[2], Stirling, →ISBN