snáithín

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Irish

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Etymology

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snáithe (thread, strand) +‎ -ín

Noun

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snáithín m (genitive singular snáithín, nominative plural snáithíní)

  1. diminutive of snáithe.
  2. filament, fibre
  3. (sailing) stop

Declension

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Declension of snáithín (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative snáithín snáithíní
vocative a shnáithín a shnáithíní
genitive snáithín snáithíní
dative snáithín snáithíní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an snáithín na snáithíní
genitive an tsnáithín na snáithíní
dative leis an snáithín
don snáithín
leis na snáithíní

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of snáithín
radical lenition eclipsis
snáithín shnáithín
after an, tsnáithín
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

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