snamh

See also: snàmh and snámh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish snob, snom (“bark of a tree”), snomad m (“act of stripping off bark; bark of a tree; skin of the human body”).

Noun

snamh m (genitive singular snaimh)

1. bark; skin, complexion
2. sap, growth

Declension

Declension of snamh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative snamh Vocative a shnaimh Genitive snaimh Dative snamh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an snamh Genitive an tsnaimh Dative leis an snamh don snamh

Synonyms

• (bark): rúsc, coirt

Verb

snamh (present analytic snamhann, future analytic snamhfaidh, verbal noun snamhadh, past participle snafa)

1. (transitive) decorticate, peel

Conjugation

conjugation of snamh (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	snamhaim	snamhann tú; snamhair†	snamhann sé, sí	snamhaimid	snamhann sibh	snamhann siad; snamhaid†	a shnamhann; a shnamhas / a snamhann*; a snamhas*	snamhtar
	past	shnamh mé; shnamhas	shnamh tú; shnamhais	shnamh sé, sí	shnamhamar; shnamh muid	shnamh sibh; shnamhabhair	shnamh siad; shnamhadar	a shnamh / ar shnamh*	snamhadh
	past habitual	shnamhainn / snamhainn‡‡	shnamhtá / snamhtᇇ	shnamhadh sé, sí / snamhadh sé, s퇇	shnamhaimis; shnamhadh muid / snamhaimis‡‡; snamhadh muid‡‡	shnamhadh sibh / snamhadh sibh‡‡	shnamhaidís; shnamhadh siad / snamhaidís‡‡; snamhadh siad‡‡	a shnamhadh / a snamhadh*	shnamhtaí / snamhta퇇
future		snamhfaidh mé; snamhfad	snamhfaidh tú; snamhfair†	snamhfaidh sé, sí	snamhfaimid; snamhfaidh muid	snamhfaidh sibh	snamhfaidh siad; snamhfaid†	a shnamhfaidh; a shnamhfas / a snamhfaidh*; a snamhfas*	snamhfar
conditional		shnamhfainn / snamhfainn‡‡	shnamhfá / snamhfᇇ	shnamhfadh sé, sí / snamhfadh sé, s퇇	shnamhfaimis; shnamhfadh muid / snamhfaimis‡‡; snamhfadh muid‡‡	shnamhfadh sibh / snamhfadh sibh‡‡	shnamhfaidís; shnamhfadh siad / snamhfaidís‡‡; snamhfadh siad‡‡	a shnamhfadh / a snamhfadh*	shnamhfaí / snamhfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go snamha mé; go snamhad†	go snamha tú; go snamhair†	go snamha sé, sí	go snamhaimid; go snamha muid	go snamha sibh	go snamha siad; go snamhaid†	—	go snamhtar
	past	dá snamhainn	dá snamhtá	dá snamhadh sé, sí	dá snamhaimis; dá snamhadh muid	dá snamhadh sibh	dá snamhaidís; dá snamhadh siad	—	dá snamhtaí
imperative		snamhaim	snamh	snamhadh sé, sí	snamhaimis	snamhaigí; snamhaidh†	snamhaidís	—	snamhtar
verbal noun		snamhadh
past participle		snafa

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 2

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Noun

snamh m (genitive singular snaimh)

1. distaste, dislike

Declension

Declension of snamh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative snamh Vocative a shnaimh Genitive snaimh Dative snamh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an snamh Genitive an tsnaimh Dative leis an snamh don snamh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
snamh	shnamh after an, tsnamh	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) “snamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snob”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snomad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language