snas
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish snas (“act of cutting, chipping”), verbal noun of snaidid (“cuts, chips”).
Noun edit
snas m (genitive singular snasa, nominative plural snasanna)
Declension edit
Declension of snas
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
snas (present analytic snasann, future analytic snasfaidh, verbal noun snasadh, past participle snasta)
- (transitive) Synonym of snasaigh
Conjugation edit
conjugation of snas (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
snas m (genitive singular snasa)
- Alternative form of snoí (“hewing, carving”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
snas | shnas after an, tsnas |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “snas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “snas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “snas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *snaisu, from Proto-Germanic *snaisō (“twig, stick, spit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneyt- (“to cut”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
snās f
Declension edit
Declension of snas (strong ō-stem)
Related terms edit
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Irish snas.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
snas m (genitive singular snais, no plural)
- perfection
- good appearance
Derived terms edit
- mì-shnas m (“inelegance”)
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
snas | shnas after "an", t-snas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |