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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish snáth (“thread”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *snātos, from Proto-Indo-European *sn̥h₁-tós, from *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, sew”). Cognate with English snood.
Pronunciation
Noun
snáth m (genitive singular snátha)
- (collective) thread, yarn
- threadlike line
- web
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Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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snáth
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shnáth after an, tsnáth
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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
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snáth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 70
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