staoig

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish staíc (“steak, piece of meat”), from Old Norse steik. Cognate with Irish stéig.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̪tɤikʲ/

Noun

staoig f (genitive singular staoige, plural staoigean)

1. steak, chop, cutlet

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “staíc, staéc, staci”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language