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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish snám, verbal noun of snáïd (“swims; floats, sails; creeps, crawls; flows”).
Pronunciation
Verb
snàmh (past shnàmh, future snàmhaidh, verbal noun snàmh, past participle snàmhte)
- swim (perform the act of swimming)
- bathe
- swim (be afloat)
- float
- soak, deluge
Conjugation
Derived terms
Noun
snàmh m (genitive singular snàimh)
- verbal noun of snàmh
- swimming, act of swimming or floating
- soaking, deluging
- slimy track of a snail
Derived terms
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “snàmh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snáïd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snáimid, snámaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language