snáthaid
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish snáthat (“needle”) (whence also Manx snaid and Scottish Gaelic snàthad), from Proto-Celtic *snātantā (compare Welsh nodwydd, Breton nodoez), from Proto-Indo-European *sneh₁- (“to spin, twist”).
Pronunciation
Declension
Declension of snáthaid
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural: snáthadaí (Cois Fharraige)
Derived terms
- amach ón tsnáthaid
- bean snáthaide
- cac snáthaide
- claonadh snáthaide
- cró snáthaide
- lán na snáthaide
- lása snáthaide
- obair shnáthaide
- snáthaid an diabhail
- snáthaid an phúca
- snáthaid baraiméadair
- snáthaid bheag
- snáthaid chaol
- snáthaid chlaonais
- snáthaid chléithe
- snáthaid chomhla
- snáthaid dearnála
- snáthaid lín
- snáthaid mhálaí
- snáthaid mhara
- snáthaid mhór
- snáthaid ramhar
- snáthaidí oighir
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| snáthaid | shnáthaid after an, tsnáthaid |
not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 16
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 6
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “snáthaid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snáthat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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