cniotáil

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English knit +‎ -áil (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

cniotáil (present analytic cniotálann, future analytic cniotálfaidh, verbal noun cniotáil, past participle cniotáilte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) knit

Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

cniotáil f (genitive singular cniotála)

  1. verbal noun of cniotáil
  2. knitting; knitted material
  3. (figurative) intricacy, complexity

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cniotáil chniotáil gcniotáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 96

Further reading[edit]