snab

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

snab m (genitive singular snaba, nominative plural snabanna)

1. stub

Declension

Declension of snab (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative snab snabanna vocative a shnab a shnabanna genitive snaba snabanna dative snab snabanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an snab na snabanna genitive an tsnaba na snabanna dative leis an snab don snab leis na snabanna

Derived terms

• snabóg

Mutation

Mutated forms of snab

radical	lenition	eclipsis
snab	shnab after an, tsnab	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “snab”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “snab”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

Volapük

Noun

snab (nominative plural snabs)

1. buckle

Declension

declension of snab

	singular	plural
nominative	snab	snabs
genitive	snaba	snabas
dative	snabe	snabes
accusative	snabi	snabis
vocative 1	o snab!	o snabs!
predicative 2	snabu	snabus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• snabön