snaoisín

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠn̪ˠiːˈʃiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠn̪ˠiːʃiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠn̪ˠiːʃinʲ/

Noun

snaoisín m (genitive singular snaoisín)

1. snuff

Declension

Declension of snaoisín

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative snaoisín Vocative a shnaoisín Genitive snaoisín Dative snaoisín

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an snaoisín Genitive an tsnaoisín Dative leis an snaoisín don snaoisín

Descendants

• → Yola: sneesheen, snisheen

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
snaoisín	shnaoisín after an, tsnaoisín	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “snaoisín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN