snaoisean

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Probably from Scots sneeshin. See Irish snaoisín.

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈs̪n̪ˠɤ̃ːʃan/[1]

Noun

snaoisean m (genitive singular snaoisein)

  1. snuff

Mutation

Mutation of snaoisean
radical lenition
snaoisean shnaoisean
after "an", t-snaoisean

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “snaoisean”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “snaoisean”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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