snamh

See also: snàmh and snámh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish snob, snom (“bark of a tree”), snomad m (“act of stripping off bark; bark of a tree; skin of the human body”).

Noun

snamh m (genitive singular snaimh)

  1. bark; skin, complexion
  2. sap, growth
Declension
Declension of snamh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative snamh
Vocative a shnaimh
Genitive snaimh
Dative snamh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an snamh
Genitive an tsnaimh
Dative leis an snamh

don snamh

Synonyms

Verb

snamh (present analytic snamhann, future analytic snamhfaidh, verbal noun snamhadh, past participle snafa)

  1. (transitive) decorticate, peel
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present snamhaim snamhann tú;
snamhair†		 snamhann sé, sí snamhaimid snamhann sibh snamhann siad;
snamhaid†		 a shnamhann; a shnamhas /
a snamhann*; a snamhas*		 snamhtar
past shnamh mé; shnamhas shnamh tú; shnamhais shnamh sé, sí shnamhamar; shnamh muid shnamh sibh; shnamhabhair shnamh siad; shnamhadar a shnamh /
ar shnamh*		 snamhadh
past habitual shnamhainn shnamhtá shnamhadh sé, sí shnamhaimis; shnamhadh muid shnamhadh sibh shnamhaidís; shnamhadh siad a shnamhadh /
ar shnamhadh*		 shnamhtaí
future snamhfaidh mé;
snamhfad		 snamhfaidh tú;
snamhfair†		 snamhfaidh sé, sí snamhfaimid;
snamhfaidh muid		 snamhfaidh sibh snamhfaidh siad;
snamhfaid†		 a shnamhfaidh; a shnamhfas /
a snamhfaidh*; a snamhfas*		 snamhfar
conditional shnamhfainn / snamhfainn‡‡ shnamhfá / snamhfᇇ shnamhfadh sé, sí / snamhfadh sé, s퇇 shnamhfaimis; shnamhfadh muid / snamhfaimis‡‡; snamhfadh muid‡‡ shnamhfadh sibh / snamhfadh sibh‡‡ shnamhfaidís; shnamhfadh siad / snamhfaidís‡‡; snamhfadh siad‡‡ a shnamhfadh /
ar shnamhfadh*		 shnamhfaí / snamhfa퇇
subjunctive present go snamha mé;
go snamhad†		 go snamha tú;
go snamhair†		 go snamha sé, sí go snamhaimid;
go snamha muid		 go snamha sibh go snamha siad;
go snamhaid†		 — go snamhtar
past dá snamhainn dá snamhtá dá snamhadh sé, sí dá snamhaimis;
dá snamhadh muid		 dá snamhadh sibh dá snamhaidís;
dá snamhadh siad		 — dá snamhtaí
imperative snamhaim snamh snamhadh sé, sí snamhaimis snamhaigí;
snamhaidh†		 snamhaidís — snamhtar
verbal noun snamhadh
past participle snafa

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

Etymology 2

Noun

snamh m (genitive singular snaimh)

  1. distaste, dislike
Declension
Declension of snamh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative snamh
Vocative a shnaimh
Genitive snaimh
Dative snamh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an snamh
Genitive an tsnaimh
Dative leis an snamh

don snamh

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

References
  • "snamh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “snob” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “snomad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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