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stiall

stiall

Irish

Noun

stiall f (genitive singular stéille, nominative plural stiallacha)

  1. strip, slice
  2. piece, part
  3. cut, stroke, lash
  4. (literary) strip, panel
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish stíallaid (tears into strips, rends), from stíall (strip, panel, slat, zone, border).

Verb

stiall (present analytic stiallann, future analytic stiallfaidh, verbal noun stialladh, past participle stiallta)

  1. to cut in strips
  2. to rend, tear
  3. to cut, lash, wound
  4. to make cutting remarks about, criticize
  5. (of paper) to shred
Conjugation