snas

See also: SNAs, snäs, and SNAS

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˠn̪ˠɑsˠ/[1], /sˠn̪ˠasˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish snas (“act of cutting, chipping”), verbal noun of snaidid (“cuts, chips”).[2]

Noun

snas m (genitive singular snasa, nominative plural snasanna)

  1. polish (shininess), gloss
  2. mold (a natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air)
    Synonym: múscán
Declension
Declension of snas (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative snas snasanna
vocative a shnas a shnasanna
genitive snasa snasanna
dative snas snasanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an snas na snasanna
genitive an tsnasa na snasanna
dative leis an snas
don snas 		leis na snasanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

snas (present analytic snasann, future analytic snasfaidh, verbal noun snasadh, past participle snasta)

  1. (transitive) alternative form of snasaigh
Conjugation
Conjugation of snas (first conjugation – A)
indicative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present snasaim snasann tú;
snasair† 		snasann sé, sí snasaimid; snasann muid snasann sibh snasann siad;
snasaid† 		a shnasann; a shnasas snastar
past shnas mé; shnasas shnas tú; shnasais shnas sé, sí shnasamar; shnas muid shnas sibh; shnasabhair shnas siad; shnasadar a shnas snasadh
past habitual shnasainn /
snasainn‡ 		shnastá /
snastᇠ		shnasadh sé, sí /
snasadh sé, sí‡ 		shnasaimis; shnasadh muid /
snasaimis‡; snasadh muid‡ 		shnasadh sibh /
snasadh sibh‡ 		shnasaidís; shnasadh siad /
snasaidís‡; snasadh siad‡ 		a shnasadh shnastaí /
snastaí‡
singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
future snasfaidh mé;
snasfad 		snasfaidh tú;
snasfair† 		snasfaidh sé, sí snasfaimid;
snasfaidh muid 		snasfaidh sibh snasfaidh siad;
snasfaid† 		a shnasfaidh; a shnasfas snasfar
conditional shnasfainn /
snasfainn‡ 		shnasfá /
snasfᇠ		shnasfadh sé, sí /
snasfadh sé, sí‡ 		shnasfaimis; shnasfadh muid /
snasfaimis‡; snasfadh muid‡ 		shnasfadh sibh /
snasfadh sibh‡ 		shnasfaidís; shnasfadh siad /
snasfaidís‡; snasfadh siad‡ 		a shnasfadh shnasfaí /
snasfaí‡
subjunctive singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
present go snasa mé;
go snasad† 		go snasa tú;
go snasair† 		go snasa sé, sí go snasaimid;
go snasa muid 		go snasa sibh go snasa siad;
go snasaid† 		— go snastar
past dá snasainn dá snastá dá snasadh sé, sí dá snasaimis;
dá snasadh muid 		dá snasadh sibh dá snasaidís;
dá snasadh siad 		— dá snastaí
imperative singular plural direct relative autonomous
first second third first second third
— snasaim snas snasadh sé, sí snasaimis snasaigí;
snasaidh† 		snasaidís — snastar
past participle snasta
verbal noun snasadh

† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form

Etymology 3

Noun

snas m (genitive singular snasa)

  1. alternative form of snoí (“hewing, carving”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of snas
radical lenition eclipsis
snas shnas
after an, tsnas 		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. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 10, page 11
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “snas; snasaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1074; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “snas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “snas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “snas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Old English

Alternative forms

  • snaas, snǣs

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *snaisu, from Proto-Germanic *snaisō (“twig, stick, spit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneyt- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snɑːs/

Noun

snās f

  1. spit, skewer

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative snās snāsa, snāse
accusative snāse snāsa, snāse
genitive snāse snāsa
dative snāse snāsum

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish snas (“act of cutting, chipping”), verbal noun of snaidid (“cuts, chips”).[1] Cognate with Irish snas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s̪n̪ˠas̪/

Noun

snas m (genitive singular snais, no plural)

  1. perfection
  2. good appearance

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of snas
radical lenition
snas shnas
after "an", t-snas

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

References

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