sní

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See also: sni, śni, -sni, and .sni

Czech

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

sní

  1. third-person singular present indicative of sníst
  2. (colloquial) third-person plural present indicative of sníst
    Synonym: snědí

Etymology 2

Verb

sní

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of snít

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

sní f (genitive singular sní)

  1. verbal noun of snigh

Declension

Verb

sní

  1. present subjunctive analytic of snigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sní shní
after an, tsní
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *snīs (compare Welsh ni), from Proto-Indo-European *nos, compare Latin nōs, Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍃 (uns).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

sní (genitive nathar)

  1. we
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 19a15
      o sní credentes in Christo
      even we, believing in Christ
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 124b3
      sní cetid·deirgni ⁊ ní sní dud·rigni nammá.
      We have not done it first, and we have not done it alone.

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