snàthad

See also: snáthad

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish snáthat (whence also Irish snáthaid and Manx snaid), from Proto-Celtic *snātantā (compare Welsh nodwydd, Breton nodoez), from Proto-Indo-European *sneh₁- (“to spin, twist”) (compare snìomh). Related to snàth (“thread”), nathair (“snake”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈs̪naːhət̪/

Noun

snàthad f (genitive singular snàthaid, plural snàthadan)

  1. needle
    crò snàthaid ― the eye of a needle
  2. earmark on sheep, See comharradh-cluais.
  3. hook to hold the blade of a scythe at the proper angle
    Synonym: snàthad-fheòir

Mutation

Mutation of snàthad
radical lenition
snàthad shnàthad
after "an", t-snàthad

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “snàthad”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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