snite

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

snite (plural snites)

1. (obsolete or Scotland) A snipe.

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Etymology 2

From Middle English sniten, from Old English snȳtan (“to clear or blow the nose”), from Proto-Germanic *snūtijaną (“to blow the nose”). Cognate with Old Norse snýta (“to blow the nose”), whence Danish snyde and Swedish snyta sig, and with German sich schneuzen. Related to snout and snot.

Verb

1. (obsolete or Scotland, transitive) to blow (one's nose)
2. (obsolete or Scotland, transitive) to snuff (a candle)

References

• Thomson, J. - Etymons of English words - pg. 199

References

• “snite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Stein, Tiens, inset, neist, nites, senti, set in, sient, stein, tines, tsine

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃn̠ʲɪtʲə]

Verb

snite

1. past participle of snigh (“pour (down), flow, course; filter through, percolate; glide, crawl”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
snite	shnite after an, tsnite	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) “snite”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN