sneachta

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʃnʲaxt̪ˠə], [ˈʃnʲãxt̪ˠə]
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): [ˈʃnʲæːxt̪ˠə]

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sneachta sneachtaí
Vocative a shneachta a shneachtaí
Genitive sneachta sneachtaí
Dative sneachta sneachtaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an sneachta na sneachtaí
Genitive an tsneachta na sneachtaí
Dative leis an sneachta

don sneachta

 leis na sneachtaí

Derived terms
  • ar ghile an tsneachta, chomh geal le sneachta (“as white as snow”)
  • blár sneachta (“snow-field, expanse of snow”)
  • braillín sneachta (“covering of snow”)
  • bratóg shneachta f, calóg shneachta f, fíneog shneachta f, lóipín sneachta m, lubhóg shneachta f (“snowflake”)
  • brat sneachta (“mantle of snow”)
  • bróg shneachta f (“snowshoe”)
  • brúcht sneachta (“sudden heavy fall of snow”)
  • cáitheadh sneachta (“whirling snow-flakes, fall of snow”)
  • cáithnín sneachta m, cloch shneachta f (“hailstone”)
  • céachta sneachta m (“snow-plough”)
  • cith sneachta (“shower of snow”)
  • dairt sneachta (“(cast of) snowball”)
  • dealramh an tsneachta (“the glare of the snow”)
  • deargán sneachta m (“red-wing”)
  • duartan sneachta (“heavy fall of snow”)
  • fear sneachta m (“snowman”)
  • fras sneachta (“shower of snow”)
  • fuacht sneachta (“cold presaging snow”)
  • garbhóg shneachta f (“large hailstone”)
  • geadán sneachta (“patch of snow”)
  • gealóg shneachta f (“snow bunting”)
  • liopard sneachta m (“snow leopard”)
  • maidhm shneachta f (“avalanche”)
  • mar an sneachta séidte (“like driven snow”)
  • méadar sneachta (“snow gauge”)
  • meall sneachta (“snowball”)
  • meall sneachta m (“snowball”)
  • muc shneachta f (“snowdrift; large snowball”)
  • plúchadh sneachta (“heavy fall of snow”)
  • plúirín sneachta m (“snowdrop”)
  • ráth sneachta m (“snowdrift”)
  • scáil sneachta (“snow-blink”)
  • scráib shneachta (“shower of snow”)
  • séideán sneachta (“wind-blown snow-shower”)
  • síobadh sneachta m (“blizzard”)
  • síob shneachta (“driven snow”)
  • sleamhnán sneachta (“snow-slide”)
  • sneachta briosc (“dry, crunchy, snow”)
  • sneachtach, sneachtaí, sneachtúil (“snowy”, adjective)
  • sneachta gléigeal (“pure-white snow”)
  • sneachta síobtha (“driven snow”)
  • sní sneachta (“fall of snow”)
  • titim sneachta (“fall of snow”)
  • troighean sneachta (“covering of (melting) snow”)

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

References
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.