cniotáil
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English knit + -áil (verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]cniotáil (present analytic cniotálann, future analytic cniotálfaidh, verbal noun cniotáil, past participle cniotáilte)
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of cniotáil (first conjugation – B)
*indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Noun
[edit]cniotáil f (genitive singular cniotála)
- verbal noun of cniotáil
- knitting; knitted material
- (figurative) intricacy, complexity
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- biorán cniotála (“knitting needle”)
- cniotáil ar deiseal (“garter stitch”)
- cniotáil shleamhain (“garter stitch”)
- cniotálaí (“knitter”)
- inneall cniotála (“knitting machine”)
- snáth cniotála (“knitting yarn”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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cniotáil | chniotáil | gcniotáil |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 96
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cniotáil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cniotáil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cniotáil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025