snáithe

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish snáithe, a singulative form of snáth (“thread”).

Noun

snáithe m (genitive singular snáithe, nominative plural snáithí)

  1. (single) thread, strand
    1. thread, stitch
  2. granular texture, grit, fibre, (carpentry) grain

Declension
Declension of snáithe

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative snáithe snáithí
Vocative a shnáithe a shnáithí
Genitive snáithe snáithí
Dative snáithe snáithí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an snáithe na snáithí
Genitive an tsnáithe na snáithí
Dative leis an snáithe

don snáithe

 leis na snáithí

Derived terms
  • gearrshnáithe m (“cross-grain”) (in timber)
  • snáitheach (“thread-like; grained, fibrous”, adjective)
  • snáithe a chur (“thread”, verb) (a needle, a screw, a bolt)
  • snáithe an droma m (“the spinal cord”)
  • snáithe céarach m (“waxed thread”)
  • snáithe fada an táilliúra fhalsa m (“slipshod work”, literally “the lazy tailor's long stitch”)
  • snáithe silte m (“dropped stitch”) (in weaving)
  • snáithigh (“grain”, verb)
  • snáithín m (“filament, fibre”)
  • snáithire m (“thread-cutter”)

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

References
  • "snáithe" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “snáithe” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “snáth” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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