snámh

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See also: snamh and snàmh

Irish

Alternative forms

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

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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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, § 72, page 38
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 148, page 58

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