cniotáil
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom English knit + -áil (verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcniotáil (present analytic cniotálann, future analytic cniotálfaidh, verbal noun cniotáil, past participle cniotáilte)
Conjugation
editconjugation of cniotáil (first conjugation – B)
*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Noun
editcniotáil f (genitive singular cniotála)
- verbal noun of cniotáil
- knitting; knitted material
- (figurative) intricacy, complexity
Declension
editDeclension of cniotáil
Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
edit- biorán cniotála (“knitting needle”)
- cniotáil ar deiseal (“garter stitch”)
- cniotáil shleamhain (“garter stitch”)
- cniotálaí (“knitter”)
- inneall cniotála (“knitting machine”)
- snáth cniotála (“knitting yarn”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cniotáil | chniotáil | gcniotáil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 96
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cniotáil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cniotáil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cniotáil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024