See also: snìomh

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish snímaid (spins; twists),[1] from Old Irish sním,[2] verbal noun of sníïd (twists, binds, ties), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (to spin, sew).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

sníomh (present analytic sníomhann, future analytic sníomhfaidh, verbal noun sníomh, past participle sníofa)

  1. spin; twirl, turn
  2. twist, twine; (hands) wring
    Is deacair seanslat a shníomh.
    You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
    (literally, “It's hard to twist an old rod.”)
  3. strain, wrench
  4. strive, struggle [+ le (object) = with]

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

sníomh m (genitive singular as substantive sníomha, genitive as verbal noun sníofa)

  1. verbal noun of sníomh
  2. spinning
  3. twisting, twining; (of hands) wringing
  4. struggle; strain, wrench
  5. care, anxiety

Declension edit

Substantive

Verbal noun

Mutation edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snímaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sním”, 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 19
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 63

Further reading edit