snàmh
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Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish snám, verbal noun of snáïd (“swims; floats, sails; creeps, crawls; flows”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
snàmh (past shnàmh, future snàmhaidh, verbal noun snàmh, past participle snàmhte)
Conjugation[edit]
Tense \ Voice | Active | Passive |
---|---|---|
Present | a' snàmh | -- |
Past | shnàmh | shnàmhadh |
Future | snàmhaidh | snàmhar |
Conditional | shnàmhadh | shnàmhtadh |
Noun[edit]
snàmh m (genitive singular snàimh)
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- eun-snàmh m (“aquatic bird”)
- snàmh luath (“swift in swimming, swift-swimming”, adjective)
References[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “snàmh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snám”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snáïd”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snáimid, snámaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language