snas

See also: SNAs and snäs

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠn̪ˠɑsˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠn̪ˠasˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish snas (“act of cutting, chipping”), verbal noun of snaidid (“cuts, chips”).

Noun

snas m (genitive singular snasa, nominative plural snasanna)

1. finish, polish, gloss, good appearance
2. accent, mannerism
3. slime, mold, scum, slime

   Synonym: múscán

Declension

Declension of snas (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative snas snasanna vocative a shnas a shnasanna genitive snasa snasanna dative snas snasanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an snas na snasanna genitive an tsnasa na snasanna dative leis an snas don snas leis na snasanna

Derived terms

• snasach
• snasaigh
• snasaire
• snasán
• snaschraiceann
• snasleathar
• snasta
• snastóir

Etymology 2

Verb

snas (present analytic snasann, future analytic snasfaidh, verbal noun snasadh, past participle snasta)

1. (transitive) Synonym of snasaigh

Conjugation

conjugation of snas (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	snasaim	snasann tú; snasair†	snasann sé, sí	snasaimid	snasann sibh	snasann siad; snasaid†	a shnasann; a shnasas / a snasann*	snastar
	past	shnas mé; shnasas	shnas tú; shnasais	shnas sé, sí	shnasamar; shnas muid	shnas sibh; shnasabhair	shnas siad; shnasadar	a shnas / ar shnas*	snasadh
	past habitual	shnasainn / snasainn‡‡	shnastá / snastᇇ	shnasadh sé, sí / snasadh sé, s퇇	shnasaimis; shnasadh muid / snasaimis‡‡; snasadh muid‡‡	shnasadh sibh / snasadh sibh‡‡	shnasaidís; shnasadh siad / snasaidís‡‡; snasadh siad‡‡	a shnasadh / a snasadh*	shnastaí / snasta퇇
future		snasfaidh mé; snasfad	snasfaidh tú; snasfair†	snasfaidh sé, sí	snasfaimid; snasfaidh muid	snasfaidh sibh	snasfaidh siad; snasfaid†	a shnasfaidh; a shnasfas / a snasfaidh*	snasfar
conditional		shnasfainn / snasfainn‡‡	shnasfá / snasfᇇ	shnasfadh sé, sí / snasfadh sé, s퇇	shnasfaimis; shnasfadh muid / snasfaimis‡‡; snasfadh muid‡‡	shnasfadh sibh / snasfadh sibh‡‡	shnasfaidís; shnasfadh siad / snasfaidís‡‡; snasfadh siad‡‡	a shnasfadh / a snasfadh*	shnasfaí / snasfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go snasa mé; go snasad†	go snasa tú; go snasair†	go snasa sé, sí	go snasaimid; go snasa muid	go snasa sibh	go snasa siad; go snasaid†	—	go snastar
	past	dá snasainn	dá snastá	dá snasadh sé, sí	dá snasaimis; dá snasadh muid	dá snasadh sibh	dá snasaidís; dá snasadh siad	—	dá snastaí
imperative		snasaim	snas	snasadh sé, sí	snasaimis	snasaigí; snasaidh†	snasaidís	—	snastar
verbal noun		snasadh
past participle		snasta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 3

Noun

snas m (genitive singular snasa)

1. Alternative form of snoí (“hewing, carving”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of snas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
snas	shnas after an, tsnas	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) “snas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “snas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “snas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old English

Alternative forms

• snaas, snǣs

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *snaisu, from Proto-Germanic *snaisō (“twig, stick, spit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneyt- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snɑːs/

Noun

snās f

1. spit, skewer

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	snās	snāsa, snāse
accusative	snāse	snāsa, snāse
genitive	snāse	snāsa
dative	snāse	snāsum

Related terms

• snīþan

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Irish snas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̪n̪ˠas̪/

Noun

snas m (genitive singular snais, no plural)

1. perfection
2. good appearance

Derived terms

• mì-shnas m (“inelegance”)

Mutation

Mutation of snas

radical	lenition
snas	shnas after "an", t-snas

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