smaoineamh

Irish

Alternative forms

• n-forms
  • smaoineadh, smaoine, smaoiniú, smuaine, smuaineadh, smuaineamh, smuíneamh
  • smaoiniughadh, smuainiughadh (obsolete)
• nt-forms
  • smaointiú, smaointeadh, smaointeamh, smuainteadh
  • smaointiughadh, smuainnteadh, smuaintiughadh, smuaintiughadh (obsolete)
• t-forms
  • smaoitiú
  • smaoitiughadh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish smúained. By surface analysis, smaoin +‎ -amh.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠmˠiːnʲəvˠ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠmˠiːnʲə/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠmˠiːnʲuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠmˠiːtʲuː/ (corresponding to the form smaoitiú)

Noun

smaoineamh m (genitive singular as substantive smaoinimh, genitive as verbal noun smaointe, nominative plural smaointe)

1. verbal noun of smaoinigh
2. notion, idea, thought

Declension

As substantive:

Declension of smaoineamh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative smaoineamh smaointe vocative a smaoinimh a smaointe genitive smaoinimh smaointe dative smaoineamh smaointe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an smaoineamh na smaointe genitive an smaoinimh na smaointe dative leis an smaoineamh don smaoineamh leis na smaointe

As verbal noun:

Declension of smaoineamh (irregular, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative smaoineamh vocative a smaoineamh genitive smaointe dative smaoineamh forms with the definite article case singular nominative an smaoineamh genitive an smaointe dative leis an smaoineamh don smaoineamh

Further reading

• “smaoineamh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “smúained”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language