snua

See also: snúa

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish snúad.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sˠn̪ˠuːə/, /sˠn̪ˠuː/[3]

Noun

snua m (genitive singular snua, nominative plural snuanna)

  1. color, hue (of a person's face)
  2. complexion
  3. appearance

Declension
Declension of snua

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative snua snuanna
Vocative a shnua a shnuanna
Genitive snua snuanna
Dative snua snuanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an snua na snuanna
Genitive an tsnua na snuanna
Dative leis an snua

don snua

 leis na snuanna

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
snua shnua
after an, tsnua		 not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. “snua”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 snúad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 87

Further reading
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