sníomh

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See also: snìomh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish snímaid (spins; twists), from Old Irish sním, verbal noun of sníïd (twists, binds, ties), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (to spin, sew).

Pronunciation

Verb

sníomh (present analytic sníomhann, future analytic sníomhfaidh, verbal noun sníomh, past participle sníofa)

  1. spin; twirl, turn
  2. twist, twine; (hands) wring
    Is deacair seanslat a shníomh.
    You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
    (literally, “It's hard to twist an old rod.”)
  3. strain, wrench
  4. strive, struggle

Conjugation

Noun

sníomh m (genitive singular as substantive sníomha, genitive as verbal noun sníofa)

  1. verbal noun of sníomh
  2. spinning
  3. twisting, twining; (of hands) wringing
  4. struggle; strain, wrench
  5. care, anxiety

Declension

Substantive

Declension of sníomh (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative sníomh
vocative a shníomh
genitive sníomha
dative sníomh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an sníomh
genitive an tsníomha
dative leis an sníomh
don sníomh

Verbal noun

Declension of sníomh (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative sníomh
vocative a shníomh
genitive sníofa
dative sníomh
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an sníomh
genitive an tsníofa
dative leis an sníomh
don sníomh

Mutation

Mutated forms of sníomh
radical lenition eclipsis
sníomh shníomh
after an, tsníomh
not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snímaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sním”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 33, page 19
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 167, page 63

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