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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish snáithe, a singulative form of snáth (“thread”).[2][3]
Noun
snáithe m (genitive singular snáithe, nominative plural snáithí)
- (single) thread, strand
- stitch
- granular texture, grit, fibre
- (carpentry) grain
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “snáithe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “snáithe”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “snáithe”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
snáithe
- analytic present subjunctive of snáith
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| snáithe
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shnáithe
after an, tsnáithe
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not applicable
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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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References
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 239, page 87
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snáithe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snáth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language