snaidhm

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish snaidm, from Old Irish naidm, naidmm.

Noun

snaidhm f (genitive singular snaidhme, nominative plural snaidhmeanna)

Declension

Declension of snaidhm

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	snaidhm	snaidhmeanna
Vocative	a shnaidhm	a shnaidhmeanna
Genitive	snaidhme	snaidhmeanna
Dative	snaidhm	snaidhmeanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an tsnaidhm	na snaidhmeanna
Genitive	na snaidhme	na snaidhmeanna
Dative	leis an tsnaidhm don tsnaidhm	leis na snaidhmeanna

Verb

snaidhm (present analytic snaidhmeann, future analytic snaidhmfidh, verbal noun snaidhmeadh, past participle snaidhmthe)

to knot
to bind, tie, entwine
to join, unite
(anatomy) to knit

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	snaidhmim	snaidhmeann tú; snaidhmir^†	snaidhmeann sé, sí	snaidhmimid	snaidhmeann sibh	snaidhmeann siad; snaidhmid^†	a shnaidhmeann; a shnaidhmeas / a snaidhmeann; a snaidhmeas	snaidhmtear
	past	shnaidhm mé; shnaidhmeas	shnaidhm tú; shnaidhmis	shnaidhm sé, sí	shnaidhmeamar; shnaidhm muid	shnaidhm sibh; shnaidhmeabhair	shnaidhm siad; shnaidhmeadar	a shnaidhm / ar shnaidhm*	snaidhmeadh
	past habitual	shnaidhminn	shnaidhmteá	shnaidhmeadh sé, sí	shnaidhmimis; shnaidhmeadh muid	shnaidhmeadh sibh	shnaidhmidís; shnaidhmeadh siad	a shnaidhmeadh / ar shnaidhmeadh*	shnaidhmtí
	future	snaidhmfidh mé; snaidhmfead	snaidhmfidh tú; snaidhmfir^†	snaidhmfidh sé, sí	snaidhmfimid; snaidhmfidh muid	snaidhmfidh sibh	snaidhmfidh siad; snaidhmfid^†	a shnaidhmfidh; a shnaidhmfeas / a snaidhmfidh; a snaidhmfeas	snaidhmfear
conditional		shnaidhmfinn / snaidhmfinn‡‡	shnaidhmfeá / snaidhmfeá‡‡	shnaidhmfeadh sé, sí / snaidhmfeadh sé, sí‡‡	shnaidhmfimis; shnaidhmfeadh muid / snaidhmfimis‡‡; snaidhmfeadh muid‡‡	shnaidhmfeadh sibh / snaidhmfeadh sibh‡‡	shnaidhmfidís; shnaidhmfeadh siad / snaidhmfidís‡‡; snaidhmfeadh siad‡‡	a shnaidhmfeadh / ar shnaidhmfeadh*	shnaidhmfí / snaidhmfí‡‡
subjunctive	present	go snaidhme mé; go snaidhmead^†	go snaidhme tú; go snaidhmir^†	go snaidhme sé, sí	go snaidhmimid; go snaidhme muid	go snaidhme sibh	go snaidhme siad; go snaidhmid^†	—	go snaidhmtear
subjunctive	past	dá snaidhminn	dá snaidhmteá	dá snaidhmeadh sé, sí	dá snaidhmimis; dá snaidhmeadh muid	dá snaidhmeadh sibh	dá snaidhmidís; dá snaidhmeadh siad	—	dá snaidhmtí
imperative		snaidhmim	snaidhm	snaidhmeadh sé, sí	snaidhmimis	snaidhmigí; snaidhmidh^†	snaidhmidís	—	snaidhmtear
verbal noun		snaidhmeadh
past participle		snaidhmthe

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

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

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

snaim

Etymology

From Middle Irish snaidm, from Old Irish naidm, naidmm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /s̪naim/

Noun

snaidhm m (genitive singular snaidhm, plural snaidhmean or snaidhmeannan)

knot

Derived terms

cuir snaidhm air

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
snaidhm	shnaidhm after "an", t-snaidhm
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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