Snath

(snăth)

,

Noun.

[Cf. AS.

snīðan

to cut, to mow,

snǣd

a bite, bit, snip.]

The handle of a scythe; a snead.

[Variously written in England

snead

,

sneed

,

sneath

,

sneeth

,

snathe

, etc.; in Scotland written

sned

.]

Snath

SN'ATH

,

Noun.

The handle of a sythe.

snáth

See also: snath

Irish

Alternative forms

snáthach m

Noun

snáth m ‎(genitive singular snátha)

(collective) thread, yarn
threadlike line
web

Declension

Declension of snáth

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	snáth
Vocative	a shnáth
Genitive	snátha
Dative	snáth

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an snáth
Genitive	an tsnátha
Dative	leis an snáth don snáth

Synonyms

abhras

Derived terms

Terms derived from snáth

cas-snáth, snáth casta ‎(“twist”) (of thread)
snáthadán ‎(“netting-needle; thin, long-limbed person”)
snáthadóir ‎(“needle-maker”)
snáth báite ‎(“water milfoil”)
snáth caol ‎(“fine thread”)
snáth céarach ‎(“waxed thread”)

snáth cnáibe ‎(“hemp thread”)
snáth cniotála ‎(“knitting yarn”)
snáth damháin alla ‎(“spider's web”)
snáth gloine ‎(“glass wool”)
snáth innigh ‎(“weft yarn”)

snáth leighil ‎(“lisle thread”)
snáth mara ‎(“(line of seaweed, etc., indicating) high-water mark”)
snáth olla ‎(“woollen yarn”)
snáthphéist ‎(“threadworm”)
snáth uama ‎(“seaming-thread”)

Related terms

snáthaid ‎(“needle”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
snáth	shnáth after an, tsnáth	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

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