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snáithe

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Irish snáithe, a singulative form of snáth (thread).[2][3]

Noun

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snáithe m (genitive singular snáithe, nominative plural snáithí)

  1. (single) thread, strand
  2. stitch
  3. granular texture, grit, fibre
  4. (carpentry) grain
Declension
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Declension of snáithe (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative snáithe snáithí
vocative a shnáithe a shnáithí
genitive snáithe snáithí
dative snáithe snáithí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an snáithe na snáithí
genitive an tsnáithe na snáithí
dative leis an snáithe
don snáithe
leis na snáithí
Derived terms
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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snáithe

  1. analytic present subjunctive of snáith

Mutation

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Mutated forms of snáithe
radical lenition eclipsis
snáithe shnáithe
after an, tsnáithe
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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  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 239, page 87
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snáithe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snáth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language