snamh

See also: snàmh and snámh

Irish

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”).

snamh m (genitive singular snaimh)

Declension of snamh (first declension, no plural)

forms with the definite article
	singular
nominative	an snamh
genitive	an tsnaimh
dative	leis an snamh don snamh

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

conjugation of snamh (first conjugation – A)

tense	singular			plural			relative	autonomous
verbal noun	scamhadh
past participle	scafa
tense	first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative
present	scamhaim	scamhann tú; scamhair^†	scamhann sé, sí	scamhaimid	scamhann sibh	scamhann siad; scamhaid^†	a scamhann; a scamhas	scamhtar
past	scamh mé; scamhas	scamh tú; scamhais	scamh sé, sí	scamhamar; scamh muid	scamh sibh; scamhabhair	scamh siad; scamhadar	a scamh / ar scamh*	scamhadh
past habitual	scamhainn	scamhtá	scamhadh sé, sí	scamhaimis; scamhadh muid	scamhadh sibh	scamhaidís; scamhadh siad	a scamhadh / a scamhadh*	scamhtaí
future	scamhfaidh mé; scamhfad	scamhfaidh tú; scamhfair^†	scamhfaidh sé, sí	scamhfaimid; scamhfaidh muid	scamhfaidh sibh	scamhfaidh siad; scamhfaid^†	a scamhfaidh; a scamhfas	scamhfar
conditional	scamhfainn	scamhfá	scamhfadh sé, sí	scamhfaimis; scamhfadh muid	scamhfadh sibh	scamhfaidís; scamhfadh siad	a scamhfadh / a scamhfadh*	scamhfaí
subjunctive
present	go scamha mé; go scamhad^†	go scamha tú; go scamhair^†	go scamha sé, sí	go scamhaimid; go scamha muid	go scamha sibh	go scamha siad; go scamhaid^†	—	go scamhtar
past	dá scamhainn	dá scamhtá	dá scamhadh sé, sí	dá scamhaimis; dá scamhadh muid	dá scamhadh sibh	dá scamhaidís; dá scamhadh siad	—	dá scamhtaí
imperative
–	scamhaim	scamh	scamhadh sé, sí	scamhaimis	scamhaigí; scamhaidh^†	scamhaidís	—	scamhtar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

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snamh m (genitive singular snaimh)

Declension of snamh (first declension, no plural)

forms with the definite article
	singular
nominative	an snamh
genitive	an tsnaimh
dative	leis an snamh don snamh

Mutated forms of *snamh*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
snamh	shnamh after an, tsnamh	not applicable

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

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “snamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snob”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snomad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language