snáth

See also: snath

Irish

Alternative forms
  • snáthach m

Etymology

From Old Irish snáth (“thread”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *snātos, from Proto-Indo-European *sn̥h₁-tós, from *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, sew”). Cognate with English snood.

Pronunciation

Noun

snáth m (genitive singular snátha)

  1. (collective) thread, yarn
  2. threadlike line
  3. web

Declension
Declension of snáth

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative snáth
Vocative a shnáth
Genitive snátha
Dative snáth

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an snáth
Genitive an tsnátha
Dative leis an snáth

don snáth

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • cas-snáth (“twist (of thread)”)
  • snáth báite (“water milfoil”)
  • snáth caol (“fine thread”)
  • snáth casta (“twist (of thread)”)
  • snáth céarach (“waxed thread”)
  • snáth cnáibe (“hemp thread”)
  • snáth cniotála (“knitting yarn”)
  • snáth damháin alla (“spider's web”)
  • snáth gloine (“glass wool”)
  • snáth innigh (“weft yarn”)
  • snáth leighil (“lisle thread”)
  • snáth mara (“high-water mark”)
  • snáth olla (“woollen yarn”)
  • snáth uama (“seaming-thread”)
  • snáthadán (“netting-needle”)
  • snáthadóir (“needle-maker”)
  • snáthphéist (“threadworm”)

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

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snáth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 70

Further reading
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