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Webster 1828 Edition


Stan

STAN

, as a termination, is said to have expressed the superlative degree; as in Athelstan, most noble; Dunstan, the highest. But qu. Stan, in Saxon, is stone.

Definition 2024


stán

stán

See also: stan, Stan, śtan, ştan, -stan, stan', and -стан

Irish

Noun

stán m (genitive singular stáin, nominative plural stáin)

  1. tin
  2. tin vessel
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

stán (present analytic stánann, future analytic stánfaidh, verbal noun stánadh, past participle stánta)

  1. (intransitive) stare
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • stánaí m (starer, gazer; brazen person)

Etymology 3

Verb

stán (present analytic stánann, future analytic stánfaidh, verbal noun stánadh, past participle stánta)

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of stánáil (beat, trounce; stuff)

Etymology 3

From Old Irish stánaid (stops, draws back, refrains from, desists from, verb).

Verb

stán (present analytic stánann, future analytic stánfaidh, verbal noun stánadh, past participle stánta)

  1. (intransitive) Alternative form of staon (stop, desist; abstain, forbear; draw back, flinch)

References

  • "stán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • stán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • stánaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.