snáithe
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish snáithe, a singulative form of snáth (“thread”).
Noun
snáithe m (genitive singular snáithe, nominative plural snáithí)
Declension
Declension of snáithe
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- gearrshnáithe m (“cross-grain”) (in timber)
- snáithe a chur (“thread”, verb) (a needle, a screw, a bolt)
- snáithe an droma m (“the spinal cord”)
- snáithe céarach m (“waxed thread”)
- snáithe fada an táilliúra fhalsa m (“slipshod work”, literally “the lazy tailor's long stitch”)
- snáithe silte m (“dropped stitch”) (in weaving)
- snáitheach (“thread-like; grained, fibrous”, adjective)
- snáithigh (“grain”, verb)
- snáithín m (“filament, fibre”)
- snáithire m (“thread-cutter”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
snáithe | shnáithe after an, tsnáithe |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “snáithe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snáithe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snáth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language