snáithe

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

snáithe m (genitive singular snáithe, nominative plural snáithí)

(single) thread, strand
1. thread, stitch
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

Terms derived from snáithe

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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