snechtae

Old Irish

Etymology

From a suffixed derivative of Proto-Indo-European *snéygʷʰs (“snow”); related to Proto-Celtic *snigʷyeti (“to snow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʲn͈ʲexta]

Noun

snechtae m

1. snow

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	snechtae	snechtaeL	snechtaiL
Vocative	snechtai	snechtaeL	snechtu
Accusative	snechtaeN	snechtaeL	snechtuH
Genitive	snechtaiL	snechtaeL	snechtaeN
Dative	snechtuL	snechtaib	snechtaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• snechtaide

Related terms

• snige (“drip, flow”)
• snigid (“to drip”)

Descendants

• Middle Irish: snechta
  • Irish: sneachta
  • Manx: sniaghtey
  • Scottish Gaelic: sneachda

Mutation

Mutation of snechtae

radical	lenition	nasalization
snechtae	ṡnechtae	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snechtae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language