snáthaid

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Irish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish snáthat (needle)[1] (whence also Manx snaid and Scottish Gaelic snàthad), from Proto-Celtic *snātantā (compare Welsh nodwydd, Breton nodoez), from Proto-Indo-European *sneh₁- (to spin, twist).

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Noun[edit]

snáthaid f (genitive singular snáthaide, nominative plural snáthaidí)

  1. needle
  2. index (symbol resembling a pointing hand), indicator, pointer
  3. hand (of a clock), gnomon (of a sundial)

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Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
snáthaid shnáthaid
after an, tsnáthaid
not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snáthat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 16
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 6
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 96

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