snas

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish snas (“act of cutting, chipping”), verbal noun of snaidid (“cuts, chips”).

Noun

snas m (genitive singular snasa, nominative plural snasanna)

  1. finish, polish, gloss, good appearance
  2. accent, mannerism
  3. slime, mold, scum, slime
    Synonym: múscán
Declension
Declension of snas

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative snas snasanna
Vocative a shnas a shnasanna
Genitive snasa snasanna
Dative snas snasanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an snas na snasanna
Genitive an tsnasa na snasanna
Dative leis an snas

don snas

leis na snasanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

snas (present analytic snasann, future analytic snasfaidh, verbal noun snasadh, past participle snasta)

  1. (transitive) Synonym of snasaigh
Conjugation
conjugation of snas (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present snasaim snasann tú;
snasair† 		snasann sé, sí snasaimid snasann sibh snasann siad;
snasaid† 		a shnasann; a shnasas /
a snasann* 		snastar
past shnas mé; shnasas shnas tú; shnasais shnas sé, sí shnasamar; shnas muid shnas sibh; shnasabhair shnas siad; shnasadar a shnas /
ar shnas* 		snasadh
past habitual shnasainn / snasainn‡‡ shnastá / snastᇇ shnasadh sé, sí / snasadh sé, s퇇 shnasaimis; shnasadh muid / snasaimis‡‡; snasadh muid‡‡ shnasadh sibh / snasadh sibh‡‡ shnasaidís; shnasadh siad / snasaidís‡‡; snasadh siad‡‡ a shnasadh /
a snasadh* 		shnastaí / snasta퇇
future snasfaidh mé;
snasfad 		snasfaidh tú;
snasfair† 		snasfaidh sé, sí snasfaimid;
snasfaidh muid 		snasfaidh sibh snasfaidh siad;
snasfaid† 		a shnasfaidh; a shnasfas /
a snasfaidh* 		snasfar
conditional shnasfainn / snasfainn‡‡ shnasfá / snasfᇇ shnasfadh sé, sí / snasfadh sé, s퇇 shnasfaimis; shnasfadh muid / snasfaimis‡‡; snasfadh muid‡‡ shnasfadh sibh / snasfadh sibh‡‡ shnasfaidís; shnasfadh siad / snasfaidís‡‡; snasfadh siad‡‡ a shnasfadh /
a snasfadh* 		shnasfaí / snasfa퇇
subjunctive present go snasa mé;
go snasad† 		go snasa tú;
go snasair† 		go snasa sé, sí go snasaimid;
go snasa muid 		go snasa sibh go snasa siad;
go snasaid† 		— go snastar
past dá snasainn dá snastá dá snasadh sé, sí dá snasaimis;
dá snasadh muid 		dá snasadh sibh dá snasaidís;
dá snasadh siad 		— dá snastaí
imperative snasaim snas snasadh sé, sí snasaimis snasaigí;
snasaidh† 		snasaidís — snastar
verbal noun snasadh
past participle snasta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 3

Noun

snas m (genitive singular snasa)

  1. Alternative form of snoí (“hewing, carving”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *snaisu, from Proto-Germanic *snaisō (“twig, stick, spit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneyt- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

Noun

snās f

  1. spit, skewer

Declension

Declension of snās (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative snās snāsa, snāse
accusative snāse snāsa, snāse
genitive snāse snāsa
dative snāse snāsum

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Irish snas.

Pronunciation

Noun

snas m (genitive singular snais, no plural)

  1. perfection
  2. good appearance

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of snas
radical lenition
snas shnas
after "an", t-snas

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

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