sneachda
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Lewis) IPA(key): /ʃɲɛ̃xk(ə)/[1]
- (Harris) IPA(key): /ʃɲaxkə/[2]
- (Uist) IPA(key): /ʃɲɛxkə/, [ʂɲɛxkə][3]
- (Barra) IPA(key): /ʃɲɛxkʌ/[2]
Noun
sneachda m (genitive singular sneachda, plural sneachdachan)
Derived terms
- bodach-sneachda (“snowman”)
- bòrdadh-sneachda (“snowboarding”)
- cuir an t-sneachda (“snow”, verb)
- eun-an-t-sneachda (“snow bunting”)
- fiadh-sneachda (“reindeer”)
- maoim-sneachda (“avalanche”)
Mutation
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| sneachda | shneachda after "an", t-sneachda |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- ^ 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) “The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire”, in A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, volume II, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 132
- ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 89