snáthat
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- snáthath (St. Gall Priscian glosses)
Etymology
Related to snáth (“thread”). Compare Welsh nodwydd.
Noun
snáthat f
- needle
Inflection
Feminine ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | snáthatL | snáthaitL | snáthataH |
Vocative | snáthatL | snáthaitL | snáthataH |
Accusative | snáthaitN | snáthaitL | snáthataH |
Genitive | snáthaiteH | snáthatL | snáthatN |
Dative | snáthaitL | snáthataib | snáthataib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: snáthat
- Irish: snáthaid
- Scottish Gaelic: snàthad
- Manx: snaid
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
snáthat | ṡnáthat | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “snáthat”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language