smaoineamh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • n-forms
    • smaoineadh, smaoine, smaoiniú, smuaine, smuaineadh, smuaineamh, smuíneamh
    • smaoiniughadh, smuainiughadh (obsolete)
  • nt-forms
    • smaointiú, smaointeadh, smaointeamh, smuainteadh
    • smaointiughadh, smuainnteadh, smuaintiughadh, smuaintiughadh (obsolete)
  • t-forms
    • smaoitiú
    • smaoitiughadh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish smúained. By surface analysis, smaoin + -amh.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠmˠiːnʲəvˠ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈsˠmˠiːnʲə/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈsˠmˠiːnʲuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠmˠiːtʲu/[1] (corresponding to the form smaoitiú)

Noun

smaoineamh m (genitive singular as substantive smaoinimh, genitive as verbal noun smaointe, nominative plural smaointe)

  1. verbal noun of smaoinigh
  2. notion, idea, thought

Declension

As substantive:

As verbal noun:

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47

Further reading

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