sníomh
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See also: snìomh
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish snímaid (“spins; twists”),[1] from Old Irish sním,[2] verbal noun of sníïd (“twists, binds, ties”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, sew”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sníomh (present analytic sníomhann, future analytic sníomhfaidh, verbal noun sníomh, past participle sníofa)
- spin; twirl, turn
- twist, twine; (hands) wring
- Is deacair seanslat a shníomh.
- You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
- (literally, “It's hard to twist an old rod.”)
- strain, wrench
- strive, struggle [with le ‘with’]
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of sníomh (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Noun
[edit]sníomh m (genitive singular as substantive sníomha, genitive as verbal noun sníofa)
- verbal noun of sníomh
- spinning
- twisting, twining; (of hands) wringing
- struggle; strain, wrench
- care, anxiety
Declension
[edit]Substantive
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Verbal noun
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Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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sníomh | shníomh after an, tsníomh |
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
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snímaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sním”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 33, page 19
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 167, page 63
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sníomh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)neh₁-
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
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- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
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- Irish lemmas
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- Irish first-conjugation verbs of class A
- Irish nouns
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