cniotáil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English knit + -áil (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcɾʲɪtʲalʲ/[1] (corresponding to the form criteáil)

Verb

cniotáil (present analytic cniotálann, future analytic cniotálfaidh, verbal noun cniotáil, past participle cniotáilte)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) knit

Conjugation

Noun

cniotáil f (genitive singular cniotála)

  1. verbal noun of cniotáil
  2. knitting; knitted material
  3. (figurative) intricacy, complexity

Declension

Derived terms

  • biorán cniotála (knitting needle)
  • cniotáil ar deiseal (garter stitch)
  • cniotáil shleamhain (garter stitch)
  • cniotálaí (knitter)
  • inneall cniotála (knitting machine)
  • snáth cniotála (knitting yarn)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cniotáil chniotáil gcniotáil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 96

Further reading

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