See also: šnɨ́m

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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sním

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

Mutation

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *snīmus.

Noun

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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. 89b7
      .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

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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

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Descendants

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  • Middle Irish: sním

Mutation

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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

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