sneachta

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish snechtae,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs.

Pronunciation

Noun

sneachta m (genitive singular sneachta, nominative plural sneachtaí)

  1. snow (precipitation)
    Níorbh iontaí liom an sneachta dearg ná é.
    Nothing would surprise me more.
    (literally, “Red snow would not be more surprising to me than that.”)

Declension

Declension of sneachta (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sneachta sneachtaí
vocative a shneachta a shneachtaí
genitive sneachta sneachtaí
dative sneachta sneachtaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sneachta na sneachtaí
genitive an tsneachta na sneachtaí
dative leis an sneachta
don sneachta 		leis na sneachtaí

Derived terms

  • bratóg shneachta f (“snowflake”)
  • bróg shneachta f (“snowshoe”)
  • cáithnín sneachta m (“hailstone”)
  • calóg shneachta f (“snowflake”)
  • céachta sneachta m (“snow-plough”)
  • cloch shneachta f (“hailstone”)
  • dairt sneachta (“(cast of) snowball”)
  • deargán sneachta m (“red-wing”)
  • fear sneachta m (“snowman”)
  • fíneog shneachta f (“snowflake”)
  • garbhóg shneachta f (“large hailstone”)
  • gealóg shneachta f (“snow bunting”)
  • liopard sneachta m (“snow leopard”)
  • lóipín sneachta m (“snowflake”)
  • lubhóg shneachta f (“snowflake”)
  • maidhm shneachta f (“avalanche”)
  • meall sneachta m (“snowball”)
  • muc shneachta f (“snowdrift; large snowball”)
  • plúirín sneachta m (“snowdrop”)
  • ráth sneachta m (“snowdrift”)
  • scáil sneachta (“snow-blink”)
  • síobadh sneachta m (“blizzard”)
  • sneachtach (“snowy”, adjective)
  • sneachtaí (“snowy”, adjective)
  • sneachtúil (“snowy”, adjective)
  • troighean sneachta (“covering of (melting) snow”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sneachta
radical lenition eclipsis
sneachta shneachta
after an, tsneachta 		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

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snechta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 234
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 255, page 92
  5. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975), The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 50, page 12

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “sneaċta”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1075; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “sneachta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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