stól

See also: stol, Stol, STOL, stôl, and Appendix:Variations of "stol"

Irish

stól

Etymology

From Middle Irish stól, from Old English stōl or Old Norse stóll, both from Proto-Germanic *stōlaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠt̪ˠoːlˠ/

Noun

stól m (genitive singular stóil, nominative plural stólta or stólanna)

1. stool (“seat for one person without back or armrest”)

Declension

Declension of stól

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative stól stólta Vocative a stóil a stólta Genitive stóil stólta Dative stól stólta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an stól na stólta Genitive an stóil na stólta Dative leis an stól don stól leis na stólta

• Alternative plural: stólanna

Derived terms

• stóilín (diminutive)
• stól pianó (“piano stool”)

 

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “stól”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “stól”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN