sním

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See also: šnɨ́m

Irish

Alternative forms

Verb

sním

  1. first-person singular present indicative/imperative of snigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
sním shním
after an, tsním 		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 *snīmus.

Noun

sním m

  1. verbal noun of sníïd (“to spin”)
  2. concern, grief
    • 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. 89b7
      .i. lasse ba sním fora menmuin ɔid·fessed cia bed flaith inna diad.
      i.e. when it was a concern in his mind until he knew who would be king after him.

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative sním — —
Vocative sním — —
Accusative snímN — —
Genitive snímoH, snímaH — —
Dative snímL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: sním

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
sním ṡním unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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