snáthadán

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Irish

Etymology

From snáthaid +‎ -án

Noun

snáthadán m (genitive singular snáthadáin, nominative plural snáthadáin) (Ulster)

  1. netting-needle
  2. cranefly
    Synonym: galán
  3. very thin person

Declension

Declension of snáthadán (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative snáthadán snáthadáin
vocative a shnáthadáin a shnáthadána
genitive snáthadáin snáthadán
dative snáthadán snáthadáin
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an snáthadán na snáthadáin
genitive an tsnáthadáin na snáthadán
dative leis an snáthadán
don snáthadán
leis na snáthadáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of snáthadán
radical lenition eclipsis
snáthadán shnáthadán
after an, tsnáthadán
not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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