sneachtúil

Irish

Alternative forms

sneachtamhail (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish snechtamail.^[1] By surface analysis, sneachta (“snow”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃnʲaxˈt̪ˠuːlʲ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈʃnʲaxt̪ˠuːlʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʃnʲaxt̪ˠulʲ/

Adjective

sneachtúil (genitive singular masculine sneachtúil, genitive singular feminine sneachtúla, plural sneachtúla, comparative sneachtúla)

snowy
Synonyms: sneachtach, sneachtaí

Declension

Declension of *sneachtúil*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	sneachtúil	shneachtúil	sneachtúla; shneachtúla²
vocative	shneachtúil	shneachtúil	sneachtúla
genitive	shneachtúil	sneachtúla	sneachtúla	sneachtúil
dative	sneachtúil; shneachtúil¹	shneachtúil	sneachtúla; shneachtúla²
Comparative	níos sneachtúla
Superlative	is sneachtúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

ulchabhán sneachtúil (“snowy owl”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *sneachtúil*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
sneachtúil	shneachtúil after an, tsneachtúil	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

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snechtamail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language