snamh

See also: snàmh and snámh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish snob, snom (“bark of a tree”), snomad m (“act of stripping off bark; bark of a tree; skin of the human body”).

Noun

snamh m (genitive singular snaimh)

1. bark; skin, complexion
2. sap, growth

Declension

Declension of snamh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative snamh Vocative a shnaimh Genitive snaimh Dative snamh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an snamh Genitive an tsnaimh Dative leis an snamh don snamh

Synonyms

• (bark): rúsc, coirt

Verb

snamh (present analytic snamhann, future analytic snamhfaidh, verbal noun snamhadh, past participle snafa)

1. (transitive) decorticate, peel

Conjugation

conjugation of snamh (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	scamhaim	scamhann tú; scamhair†	scamhann sé, sí	scamhaimid	scamhann sibh	scamhann siad; scamhaid†	a scamhann; a scamhas	scamhtar
	past	scamh mé; scamhas	scamh tú; scamhais	scamh sé, sí	scamhamar; scamh muid	scamh sibh; scamhabhair	scamh siad; scamhadar	a scamh / ar scamh*	scamhadh
	past habitual	scamhainn	scamhtá	scamhadh sé, sí	scamhaimis; scamhadh muid	scamhadh sibh	scamhaidís; scamhadh siad	a scamhadh / a scamhadh*	scamhtaí
future		scamhfaidh mé; scamhfad	scamhfaidh tú; scamhfair†	scamhfaidh sé, sí	scamhfaimid; scamhfaidh muid	scamhfaidh sibh	scamhfaidh siad; scamhfaid†	a scamhfaidh; a scamhfas	scamhfar
conditional		scamhfainn	scamhfá	scamhfadh sé, sí	scamhfaimis; scamhfadh muid	scamhfadh sibh	scamhfaidís; scamhfadh siad	a scamhfadh / a scamhfadh*	scamhfaí
subjunctive	present	go scamha mé; go scamhad†	go scamha tú; go scamhair†	go scamha sé, sí	go scamhaimid; go scamha muid	go scamha sibh	go scamha siad; go scamhaid†	—	go scamhtar
	past	dá scamhainn	dá scamhtá	dá scamhadh sé, sí	dá scamhaimis; dá scamhadh muid	dá scamhadh sibh	dá scamhaidís; dá scamhadh siad	—	dá scamhtaí
imperative		scamhaim	scamh	scamhadh sé, sí	scamhaimis	scamhaigí; scamhaidh†	scamhaidís	—	scamhtar
verbal noun		scamhadh
past participle		scafa

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

snamh m (genitive singular snaimh)

1. distaste, dislike

Declension

Declension of snamh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative snamh Vocative a shnaimh Genitive snaimh Dative snamh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an snamh Genitive an tsnaimh Dative leis an snamh don snamh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
snamh	shnamh after an, tsnamh	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) “snamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snob”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snomad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language