snáthat

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • snáthath (St. Gall Priscian glosses)

Etymology

Related to snáth (thread). Compare Welsh nodwydd.

Noun

snáthat f

  1. needle

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative snáthatL snáthaitL snáthataH
Vocative snáthatL snáthaitL snáthataH
Accusative snáthaitN snáthaitL snáthataH
Genitive snáthaiteH snáthatL snáthatN
Dative snáthaitL snáthataib snáthataib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: snáthat

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
snáthat ṡnáthat unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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