snáithe

Irish

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠn̪ˠaːçə/, [ˈsˠn̪ˠaːi̯çə][1]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish snáithe, a singulative form of snáth (“thread”).[2][3]

Noun

snáithe m (genitive singular snáithe, nominative plural snáithí)

  1. (single) thread, strand
  2. stitch
  3. granular texture, grit, fibre
  4. (carpentry) grain
Declension
Declension of snáithe

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative snáithe snáithí
Vocative a shnáithe a shnáithí
Genitive snáithe snáithí
Dative snáithe snáithí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an snáithe na snáithí
Genitive an tsnáithe na snáithí
Dative leis an snáithe

don snáithe

 leis na snáithí
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

snáithe

  1. analytic present subjunctive of snáith

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
snáithe shnáithe
after an, tsnáithe		 not applicable
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 87
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snáithe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snáth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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