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snámh

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See also: snamh and snàmh

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish snám,[1] verbal noun of snaïd (swims).[2]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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snámh (present analytic snámhann, future analytic snámhfaidh, verbal noun snámh, past participle snáfa) (ambitransitive)

  1. swim
  2. (nautical) float
  3. crawl (of insects)

Conjugation

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Noun

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snámh m (genitive singular snámha)

  1. verbal noun of snámh
  2. swimming, a swim
  3. floating
  4. (nautical) draft (depth of water needed to float a particular ship)

Declension

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Declension of snámh (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative snámh
vocative a shnámh
genitive snámha
dative snámh
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an snámh
genitive an tsnámha
dative leis an snámh
don snámh

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of snámh
radical lenition eclipsis
snámh shnámh
after an, tsnámh
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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snáïd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 72, page 38
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 148, page 58

Further reading

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