sním

See also: šnɨ́m

Irish

Alternative forms

• snighim (superseded)

Verb

sním

1. first-person singular present indicative/imperative of snigh

Mutation

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

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *snīmus.

Noun

sním m

1. verbal noun of sníïd (“to spin”)
2. concern, grief
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 89^b7

     .i. lasse ba sním fora menmuin ɔid·fessed cia bed flaith inna diad.

     i.e. when it was a concern in [care on, Thes. Pal.] his mind until he knew who would be king after him.

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	sním	—	—
Vocative	sním	—	—
Accusative	snímN	—	—
Genitive	snímoH, snímaH	—	—
Dative	snímL	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• ascnam
• cosnam
• dérnam
• imchosnam
• térnam
• todérnam

 

Descendants

• Middle Irish: sním
  • Irish: sníomh
  • Scottish Gaelic: snìomh
  • Manx: sneeu

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
sním	ṡním	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sním”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language