snáth
See also: snath
Irish
Alternative forms
- snáthach m
Etymology
From Old Irish snáth (“thread”). Cognate with Old English snōd (“snood, fillet, head-dress”). More at snood.
Pronunciation
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Noun
snáth m (genitive singular snátha)
Declension
Declension of snáth
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- cas-snáth, snáth casta (“twist”) (of thread)
- snáth báite (“water milfoil”)
- snáth caol (“fine thread”)
- snáth céarach (“waxed thread”)
- snáth cnáibe (“hemp thread”)
- snáth cniotála (“knitting yarn”)
- snáth damháin alla (“spider's web”)
- snáth gloine (“glass wool”)
- snáth innigh (“weft yarn”)
- snáth leighil (“lisle thread”)
- snáth mara (“(line of seaweed, etc., indicating) high-water mark”)
- snáth olla (“woollen yarn”)
- snáth uama (“seaming-thread”)
- snáthadán (“netting-needle; thin, long-limbed person”)
- snáthadóir (“needle-maker”)
- snáthphéist (“threadworm”)
Related terms
- snáthaid (“needle”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
snáth | shnáth after an, tsnáth |
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) “snáth”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snáth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language