snámh
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish snám,[1] verbal noun of snaïd (“swims”).[2]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsnámh (present analytic snámhann, future analytic snámhfaidh, verbal noun snámh, past participle snáfa) (transitive, intransitive)
Conjugation
editconjugation of snámh (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Noun
editsnámh m (genitive singular snámha)
- verbal noun of snámh
- swimming, a swim
- floating
- (nautical) draft (depth of water needed to float a particular ship)
Declension
editDeclension of snámh
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
|
Forms with the definite article:
|
Derived terms
edit- snámh brollaigh (“breast-stroke”)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
snámh | shnámh after an, tsnámh |
not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 38
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 58
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snáimid, snámaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “snáṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 663
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “snáṁaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 663
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “snámh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)neh₂-
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish verbs
- Irish transitive verbs
- Irish intransitive verbs
- ga:Nautical
- Irish first-conjugation verbs of class A
- Irish nouns
- Irish masculine nouns
- Irish verbal nouns
- Irish third-declension nouns