snàmh

See also: snamh and snámh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish snám, verbal noun of snáïd (“swims; floats, sails; creeps, crawls; flows”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sn̪ˠãːv/

Verb

snàmh (past shnàmh, future snàmhaidh, verbal noun snàmh, past participle snàmhte)

1. swim (perform the act of swimming)
2. bathe
3. swim (be afloat)
4. float
5. soak, deluge

Conjugation

Tense \ Voice	Active	Passive
Present	a' snàmh	--
Past	shnàmh	shnàmhadh
Future	snàmhaidh	snàmhar
Conditional	shnàmhadh	shnàmhtadh

Noun

snàmh m (genitive singular snàimh)

1. verbal noun of snàmh
2. swimming, act of swimming or floating
3. soaking, deluging
4. slimy track of a snail

Alternative forms

• snàmhadh

Derived terms

• eun-snàmh m (“aquatic bird”)
• snàmh luath (“swift in swimming, swift-swimming”, adjective)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “snàmh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snáïd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snáimid, snámaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language