snoíodóireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• snoíochán
• snoidheadóireacht, snoigheadóireacht (obsolete)

Etymology

From snoíodóir +‎ -acht, from the root of Proto-Celtic *snadeti (“to cut, carve”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠn̪ˠiːˈd̪ˠoːɾʲəxt̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠn̪ˠiːd̪ˠoːɾʲəxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠn̪ˠiːd̪ˠɔɾʲa(x)t̪ˠ/

Noun

snoíodóireacht f (genitive singular snoíodóireachta)

1. (the act of) carving or cutting

Declension

Declension of snoíodóireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative snoíodóireacht Vocative a shnoíodóireacht Genitive snoíodóireachta Dative snoíodóireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an tsnoíodóireacht Genitive na snoíodóireachta Dative leis an tsnoíodóireacht don tsnoíodóireacht

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “snoíodóireacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “snoiġeadóireaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 665
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “snoíodóireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN