sniodh

Irish

Alternative forms

• sneá

Etymology

From Old Irish sned (“nit”).

Noun

sniodh f (genitive singular sneá, nominative plural sneá)

1. nit

   Proverb: Nuair a thagann na míolta tagann na sneá. ― Misfortune breeds misfortune.

Declension

Declension of sniodh

Irregular

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative sniodh sneá Vocative a shniodh a shneá Genitive sneá sneá Dative sniodh sneá

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tsniodh na sneá Genitive na sneá na sneá Dative leis an tsniodh don tsniodh leis na sneá

Mutation

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