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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish snáthat (whence also Irish snáthaid and Manx snaid), from Proto-Celtic *snātantā (compare Welsh nodwydd, Breton nodoez), from Proto-Indo-European *sneh₁- (“to spin, twist”) (compare snìomh). Related to snàth (“thread”), nathair (“snake”).
Pronunciation
Noun
snàthad f (genitive singular snàthaid, plural snàthadan)
- needle
- crò snàthaid ― the eye of a needle
- earmark on sheep, See comharradh-cluais.
- hook to hold the blade of a scythe at the proper angle
- Synonym: snàthad-fheòir
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| snàthad |
shnàthad
after "an", t-snàthad
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “snàthad”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC