Would you use "Cuir...síos" for telling someone to get dressed?

For example:

Cuir do t-léine síos.
Cuir do bróige traenála síos. (is there a better word for sneakers?)

And could I follow those up with "Anois!" ?

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I wouldn't use 'Cuir ...síos'. I'm baffled as to why you might think it is correct as I can't see how 'síos' (=down) could be part of any such phrase.
I'd say Cuir ort do bhróga reatha for 'Put on your sneakers'.

I'd explain but then you'd probably be even more baffled.
Thanks though.

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Ahh go on


Cuir síos - has a few uses but mostly used for "discuss".
"Déan cur síos air" - discuss it.

And "down" meaning -
Cuir síos do láimh. - Put down your hand.
Cuir síos do threabhsair/mhuinchille - pull down your trousers/sleeve

But never - Cuir do bróige traenála síos.
Unless you say - Cuir do bróige traenála síos ar an mbord. - leave your trainers [down] on the table.

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"Cuir síos ar" means to describe something (crossed with Bríd)

i.e "Déan cuir síos ar an mbuachaill"...."describe the boy"

Cuir do bhróga reatha síos- Would mean, as an order: "put your runners/ sneakers down"...as in if you picked them up and someone told you to put them down.

Focal.ie: (caighdeán)

an bhróg (ainmneach uatha)
na bróga (ainmneach iolra)
bróige (Ginideach uatha)
bróg (Ginideach iolra)

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Ah!
That's where my mistake is.


I also saw (somewhere I can't remember) "Cuir an citeal síos", but now I see I probably misinterpreted that one too. Now I see it means, "Put the kettle down" (as in, you're holding it and I'm telling you to put it down). But then, shouldn't it be followed by something...?

baby steps... lol

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Cuir an citeal síos / Cuir síos an citeal - does mean "put down the kettle". It could mean put it down like in the context you said. But usually it means the same thing as in English put the kettle down for boiling. From the days when you had to put a kettle on the fire rather than electric ones.

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I'll bet that there are plenty of people here who wouldn't know that expression, me included. Maybe it's a generational thing!!!

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Déan cur síos ... ?



Cuir an citeal síos "Put the kettle on" as in "Polly, put the kettle on", though literally it is "Put the kettle down".

I think Irish houses had a fireplace with pot hooks and you lowered the kettle closer to the fire to bring it to the boil and raised it to a higher hook to bring it back to simmer (but I could be mixing it up with the Japanese いろり (irori). ) I think síos works just as well for "on" when using an electric or gas range/stove. Think of it as putting the kettle "down" on the stove.


Haha, hadn't thought of that. We are on off-the-grid solar and boil our water on the gas stove (or the wood stove in winter.)

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