snáthaid bheag

Irish

Noun

snáthaid bheag f (genitive singular snáthaide bige, nominative plural snáthaidí beaga)

1. fine needle
2. hour hand (of clock)

Synonyms

• (fine needle): snáthaid chaol

Related terms

• (hour hand): snáthaid mhór (“minute-hand”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of snáthaid bheag

radical	lenition	eclipsis
snáthaid bheag	shnáthaid bheag after an, tsnáthaid bheag	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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “snáthaid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN