snas

See also: SNAs and snäs

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish snas (act of cutting, chipping), verbal noun of snaidid (cuts, chips).

Noun

snas m (genitive singular snasa, nominative plural snasanna)

  1. finish, polish, gloss, good appearance
  2. accent, mannerism
  3. slime, mold, scum, slime
    Synonym: múscán
Declension
Declension of snas (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative snas snasanna
vocative a shnas a shnasanna
genitive snasa snasanna
dative snas snasanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an snas na snasanna
genitive an tsnasa na snasanna
dative leis an snas
don snas
leis na snasanna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

snas (present analytic snasann, future analytic snasfaidh, verbal noun snasadh, past participle snasta)

  1. (transitive) synonym of snasaigh
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Noun

snas m (genitive singular snasa)

  1. alternative form of snoí (hewing, carving)

Mutation

Mutated forms of snas
radical lenition eclipsis
snas shnas
after an, tsnas
not applicable

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

Further reading

Old English

Alternative forms

  • snaas, snǣs

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *snaisu, from Proto-Germanic *snaisō (twig, stick, spit), from Proto-Indo-European *sneyt- (to cut).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snɑːs/

Noun

snās f

  1. spit, skewer

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Irish snas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s̪n̪ˠas̪/

Noun

snas m (genitive singular snais, no plural)

  1. perfection
  2. good appearance

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of snas
radical lenition
snas shnas
after "an", t-snas

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