snàth

See also: snath and snáth

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • snàdh, snàtha

Etymology

From Old Irish snáth (“thread”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *snātos, from Proto-Indo-European *sn̥h₁-tós, from *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, sew”). Cognate with English snood.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s̪n̪ˠaː(h)/[2][3]
  • (Skye, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈs̪n̪ˠaːhə/[4]

Noun

snàth m (genitive singular snàith or snàtha, plural snàithean)

  1. (collective) thread
  2. (collective) wool yarn (knitting)
    Synonym: abhras
  3. piece of thread

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • crann-snàth (“warp beam in loom”)
  • crosgag-shnàtha (“yarn in a figure of eight”)
  • snàth-càraidh (“mending twine”)
  • snàth-clòimhe (“woollen yarn, worsted”)
  • snàth-cotain (“cotton thread”)
  • snàth-cuir (“weft”)
  • snàth-dlùthaidh (“abb”)
  • snàth-fhuaigheil (“sewing thread”)
  • snàth-galadh (“thread binding a fishing hook to a line”)
  • snàth-lìn (“linen thread”)
  • snàth-lus (“tasselweed”)
  • snàth-moineis (“soft thick twine for fishing nets”)
  • snàth-ola (“woollen yarn, worsted”)
  • snàth-rèilidh (“thread binding a fishing hook to a line”)
  • snàth-riaghailt (“hasting thread”)
  • snàth-sìoda (“silk thread”)
  • snàth-truisidh (“reused wool”)
  • snàthad (“needle”)
  • snàithean, snàithle, snàithlean, snàithnean (“single bit of thread”)

Mutation

Mutation of snàth
radical lenition
snàth shnàth
after "an", t-snàth

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snàth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 99
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 16

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “snàth”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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