snáithe

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠn̪ˠaːçə/, [ˈsˠn̪ˠaːi̯çə][1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish snáithe, a singulative form of snáth (“thread”).[2][3]

Noun

snáithe m (genitive singular snáithe, nominative plural snáithí)

  1. (single) thread, strand
  2. stitch
  3. granular texture, grit, fibre
  4. (carpentry) grain
Declension
Declension of snáithe (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative snáithe snáithí
vocative a shnáithe a shnáithí
genitive snáithe snáithí
dative snáithe snáithí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an snáithe na snáithí
genitive an tsnáithe na snáithí
dative leis an snáithe
don snáithe 		leis na snáithí
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

snáithe

  1. analytic present subjunctive of snáith

Mutation

Mutated forms of snáithe
radical lenition eclipsis
snáithe shnáithe
after an, tsnáithe 		not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 239, page 87
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snáithe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snáth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

From snáth (“thread”) +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsn̪aː.θʲe/

Noun

snáithe m (genitive snáithi, nominative plural snáithi)

  1. (single) thread, strand
  2. fillet, headband

Declension

Masculine io-stem
singular dual plural
nominative snáithe snáitheL snáithiL
vocative snáithi snáitheL snáithiu
accusative snáitheN snáitheL snáithiuH
genitive snáithiL snáitheL snáitheN
dative snáithiuL snáithib snáithib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: snáithe
  • Manx: snaie

Mutation

Mutation of snáithe
radical lenition nasalization
snáithe ṡnáithe snáithe

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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