sniodh

Irish

Alternative forms

• sneá

Etymology

From Old Irish sned (“nit”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic sneadh.

Noun

sniodh f (genitive singular sneá, nominative plural sneá)

1. nit

   Proverb: Nuair a thagann na míolta tagann na sneá. ― Misfortune breeds misfortune.

Declension

Declension of sniodh (irregular)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sniodh sneá vocative a shniodh a shneá genitive sneá sneá dative sniodh sneá forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an tsniodh na sneá genitive na sneá na sneá dative leis an tsniodh don tsniodh leis na sneá

Mutation

Mutated forms of sniodh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sniodh	shniodh after an, tsniodh	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) “sniodh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sned”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language