snoí
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish snaide, verbal noun of snaidid, from Proto-Celtic *snadeti (“to hew, carve”) (compare Welsh naddu).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
snoí m (genitive singular as substantive snoí, genitive as verbal noun snoite)
- verbal noun of snoigh (“to hew, carve; to wear away”)
- emaciation
Declension[edit]
Declension of snoí
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
snoí | shnoí after an, tsnoí |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading[edit]
- “snoí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snaide”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “snoiġe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 665
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “snoí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 87