snechtae

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʲn͈ʲexta/

Noun

snechtae m

1. snow

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• snechtaide

Related terms

• snigid (“to drip”)

Descendants

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

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
snechtae	ṡnechtae	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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