snaidhm

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish snaidm, from Old Irish naidm, naidmm, with s- taken from snáth (thread, yarn) and related terms.

Pronunciation

Noun

snaidhm f (genitive singular snaidhme or snadhma, nominative plural snaidhmeanna or snadhmanna)

  1. knot
  2. (construction) tie, brace

Usage notes

This word can apparently also be masculine:

2020 February 22, 3:56 from the start, in Lá Le Mamó nó Daideo, season 1, episode 13, Johnny Cloherty (actor), TG4, retrieved 22 October 2023:
Fáisc an snaidhm!
Tighten the knot!

Declension

Variant declension

Verb

snaidhm (present analytic snaidhmeann, future analytic snaidhmfidh, verbal noun snaidhmeadh, past participle snaidhmthe)

  1. to knot
  2. to bind, tie, entwine
  3. to join, unite
  4. (anatomy) to knit

Conjugation

Mutation

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

References

  1. de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 28 (p. 12) and p. 381
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 125, page 48

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish snaidm, from Old Irish naidm, naidmm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s̪naim/

Noun

snaidhm m (genitive singular snaidhm, plural snaidhmean or snaidhmeannan)

  1. knot

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
snaidhmshnaidhm
after "an", t-snaidhm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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