See also: snamh and snàmh

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish snám,[1] verbal noun of snaïd (swims).[2]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

snámh (present analytic snámhann, future analytic snámhfaidh, verbal noun snámh, past participle snáfa) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. swim
  2. (nautical) float
  3. crawl (of insects)

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

snámh m (genitive singular snámha)

  1. verbal noun of snámh
  2. swimming, a swim
  3. floating
  4. (nautical) draft (depth of water needed to float a particular ship)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snáïd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 38
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 58

Further reading edit