snáthaid

Irish

Alternative forms

snáthad f

Etymology

From Old Irish snáthat (“needle”), from snáth (“thread”).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠn̪ˠɑːhədʲ/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠn̪ˠɑːdʲ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠn̪ˠæhədʲ/

Noun

snáthaid f (genitive singular snáthaide, nominative plural snáthaidí)

needle
index (symbol resembling a pointing hand), indicator, pointer, gnomon

Declension

Declension of snáthaid

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	snáthaid	snáthaidí
Vocative	a shnáthaid	a shnáthaidí
Genitive	snáthaide	snáthaidí
Dative	snáthaid	snáthaidí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an tsnáthaid	na snáthaidí
Genitive	na snáthaide	na snáthaidí
Dative	leis an tsnáthaid don tsnáthaid	leis na snáthaidí

Alternative plural: snáthadaí (Cois Fharraige)

Synonyms

(gnomon): snáthaid chlog gréine

Derived terms

Terms derived from snáthaid

amach ón tsnáthaid (“brand new”)
bean snáthaide (“needlewoman”)
cac snáthaide (“frayed ends of stitches in ripped seam”)
chomh géar le snáthaid (“extremely sharp-witted”)
claonadh snáthaide (“deflexion of needle”)
cró snáthaide (“lancet window; eye of needle”)
lán na snáthaide (“tiny drop”)
lása snáthaide (“needle lace”)
obair shnáthaide f (“stitchery, needlework”)

snáithe a chur i snáthaid, snáthaid a líonadh, tointe a chur i snáthaid (“to thread a needle”)
snáthaid an diabhail, snáthaid (an) phúca (“cranefly, daddy longlegs”)
snáthaid baraiméadair (“indicator of barometer”)
snáthaid bheag, snáthaid chaol (“fine needle”)
snáthaid bheag (cloig) (“hour-hand (of clock)”)
snáthaid chlaonais (“dipping needle”)
snáthaid chléithe, snáthaid dearnála (“darning needle”)
snáthaid chomhla (“valve spindle”)

snáthaidí oighir (“frazil (ice)”)
snáthaid lín (“netting-needle”)
snáthaid mhálaí (“packing-needle”)
snáthaid mhara (“needlefish, pipefish; thin sharp-faced person”)
snáthaid mhór, snáthaid ramhar (“coarse needle”)
snáthaid mhór (“dragonfly”)
snáthaid mhór (cloig) (“minute-hand (of clock)”)
snáthaid vacsaíne (“vaccine needle”)

Mutation

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

References

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

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