Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Irish snáithe, a singulative form of snáth (thread).[2][3]

Noun edit

snáithe m (genitive singular snáithe, nominative plural snáithí)

  1. (single) thread, strand
  2. stitch
  3. granular texture, grit, fibre
  4. (carpentry) grain
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
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Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

snáithe

  1. analytic present subjunctive of snáith

Mutation edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 87
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snáithe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snáth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language