snámh

See also: snamh and snàmh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish snám,[1] verbal noun of snaïd (swims).[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

snámh (present analytic snámhann, future analytic snámhfaidh, verbal noun snámh, past participle snáfa) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. swim
  2. (nautical) float
  3. crawl (of insects)

Conjugation

Noun

snámh m (genitive singular snámha)

  1. verbal noun of snámh
  2. swimming, a swim
  3. floating
  4. (nautical) draft (depth of water needed to float a particular ship)

Declension

Derived terms

  • snámh brollaigh (breast-stroke)

Mutation

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

References

  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snáïd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 38
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 58

Further reading

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