stóilín

Irish

stóilín

Etymology

stól +‎ -ín

Noun

stóilín m (genitive singular stóilín, nominative plural stóilíní)

  1. a little stool
    • 1938, Marie-Louise Sjoestedt-Jonval, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, § 203:
      má théigheann tu chun pósadh gan chuire, beir leat stóilín chun suidhe
      if you go to a wedding without an invitation, take a little stool to sit on

Declension

References

  • “stóilín” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
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