sneachta

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish snechtae, from Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃnʲaxt̪ˠə/, /ˈʃnʲãxt̪ˠə/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈʃnʲæːxt̪ˠə/

Noun

sneachta m (genitive singular sneachta, nominative plural sneachtaí)

snow (precipitation)
Níorbh iontaí liom an sneachta dearg ná é. ― Nothing would surprise me more. (literally, “Red snow would not be more surprising to me than that.”)

Declension

Declension of sneachta

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sneachta	sneachtaí
Vocative	a shneachta	a shneachtaí
Genitive	sneachta	sneachtaí
Dative	sneachta	sneachtaí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an sneachta	na sneachtaí
Genitive	an tsneachta	na sneachtaí
Dative	leis an sneachta don sneachta	leis na sneachtaí

Derived terms

bratóg shneachta f (“snowflake”)
bróg shneachta f (“snowshoe”)
cáithnín sneachta m (“hailstone”)
calóg shneachta f (“snowflake”)
céachta sneachta m (“snow-plough”)
cloch shneachta f (“hailstone”)
dairt sneachta (“(cast of) snowball”)
deargán sneachta m (“red-wing”)
fear sneachta m (“snowman”)
fíneog shneachta f (“snowflake”)
garbhóg shneachta f (“large hailstone”)
gealóg shneachta f (“snow bunting”)
liopard sneachta m (“snow leopard”)
lóipín sneachta m (“snowflake”)
lubhóg shneachta f (“snowflake”)
maidhm shneachta f (“avalanche”)
meall sneachta m (“snowball”)
muc shneachta f (“snowdrift; large snowball”)
plúirín sneachta m (“snowdrop”)
ráth sneachta m (“snowdrift”)
scáil sneachta (“snow-blink”)
síobadh sneachta m (“blizzard”)
sneachtach (“snowy”, adjective)
sneachtaí (“snowy”, adjective)
sneachtúil (“snowy”, adjective)
troighean sneachta (“covering of (melting) snow”)

Mutation

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

References

^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snechta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 19
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 92

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sneachta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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