smaoineamh

Irish

Alternative forms

• n-forms
  • smaoineadh, smaoine, smaoiniú, smuaine, smuaineadh, smuaineamh, smuíneamh
  • smaoiniughadh, smuainiughadh (obsolete)
• nt-forms
  • smaointiú, smaointeadh, smaointeamh, smuainteadh
  • smaointiughadh, smuainnteadh, smuaintiughadh, smuaintiughadh (obsolete)
• t-forms
  • smaoitiú
  • smaoitiughadh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish smúained. By surface analysis, smaoin +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠmˠiːnʲəvˠ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠmˠiːnʲə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠmˠiːnʲuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠmˠiːtʲuː/ (corresponding to the form smaoitiú)

Noun

smaoineamh m (genitive singular as substantive smaoinimh, genitive as verbal noun smaointe, nominative plural smaointe)

1. verbal noun of smaoinigh
2. notion, idea, thought

Declension

As substantive:

Declension of smaoineamh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative smaoineamh smaointe Vocative a smaoinimh a smaointe Genitive smaoinimh smaointe Dative smaoineamh smaointe

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an smaoineamh na smaointe Genitive an smaoinimh na smaointe Dative leis an smaoineamh don smaoineamh leis na smaointe

As verbal noun:

Declension of smaoineamh

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative smaoineamh Vocative a smaoineamh Genitive smaointe Dative smaoineamh

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an smaoineamh Genitive an smaointe Dative leis an smaoineamh don smaoineamh

Further reading

• “smaoineamh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “smúained”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language