snáth

See also: snath

Irish

Alternative forms

snáthach m

Etymology

From Old Irish snáth (“thread”). Cognate with Old English snōd (“snood, fillet, head-dress”). More at snood.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠn̪ˠɑːh/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠn̪ˠɑː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠn̪ˠaː/

Noun

snáth m (genitive singular snátha)

(collective) thread, yarn
threadlike line
web

Declension

Declension of snáth

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	snáth
Vocative	a shnáth
Genitive	snátha
Dative	snáth

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an snáth
Genitive	an tsnátha
Dative	leis an snáth don snáth

Synonyms

abhras

Derived terms

cas-snáth (“twist (of thread)”)
snáth báite (“water milfoil”)
snáth caol (“fine thread”)
snáth casta (“twist (of thread)”)
snáth céarach (“waxed thread”)
snáth cnáibe (“hemp thread”)
snáth cniotála (“knitting yarn”)
snáth damháin alla (“spider's web”)
snáth gloine (“glass wool”)
snáth innigh (“weft yarn”)
snáth leighil (“lisle thread”)
snáth mara (“high-water mark”)
snáth olla (“woollen yarn”)
snáth uama (“seaming-thread”)
snáthadán (“netting-needle”)
snáthadóir (“needle-maker”)
snáthphéist (“threadworm”)

Related terms

snáthaid (“needle”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
snáth	shnáth after an, tsnáth	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “snáth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snáth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 70

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