snaoisean
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Probably from Scots sneeshin. See Irish snaoisín.
Pronunciation
Noun
snaoisean m (genitive singular snaoisein)
Mutation
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| snaoisean | shnaoisean after "an", t-snaoisean |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ 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
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “snaoisean”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “snaoisean”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[2], Stirling, →ISBN
- “snaoisean”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.