Scottish Gaelic

Noun

snàthad f ‎(genitive singular snàthaid, plural snàthadan)

1. needle

   crò snàthaid‎ ― the eye of a needle

2. earmark on sheep, See comharradh-cluais.
3. hook to hold the blade of a scythe at the proper angle (Also called snàthad-fheòir.)

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)