sneachta

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃnʲaxt̪ˠə/, /ˈʃnʲãxt̪ˠə/[2][3]
  • (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
  • 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
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
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “snechta”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 19
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 92

Further reading
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