snám

See also: snam

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *snāmus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to swim”). Cognate with Middle Welsh nawf (“swimming”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsn̪aːβ̃/

Noun

snám m (genitive snáma)

verbal noun of snaïd (“to swim”)

Declension

Masculine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	snám	—	—
vocative	snám	—	—
accusative	snám^N	—	—
genitive	snámo^H, snáma^H	—	—
dative	snám^L	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: snámh
Manx: snaue
Scottish Gaelic: snàmh

Mutation

Mutation of *snám*
radical	lenition	nasalization
snám	ṡnám	snám

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

Further reading

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language