snamh

See also: snàmh and snámh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish snob, snom (“bark of a tree”), snomad m (“act of stripping off bark; bark of a tree; skin of the human body”).

Noun

snamh m (genitive singular snaimh)

1. bark; skin, complexion
2. sap, growth

Declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative snamh Vocative a shnaimh Genitive snaimh Dative snamh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an snamh Genitive an tsnaimh Dative leis an snamh don snamh

Declension of snamh

First declension

Synonyms

• (bark): rúsc, coirt

Verb

snamh (present analytic snamhann, future analytic snamhfaidh, verbal noun snamhadh, past participle snafa)

1. (transitive) decorticate, peel

Conjugation

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	scamhaim	scamhann tú; scamhair†	scamhann sé, sí	scamhaimid	scamhann sibh	scamhann siad; scamhaid†	a scamhann; a scamhas	scamhtar
	past	scamh mé; scamhas	scamh tú; scamhais	scamh sé, sí	scamhamar; scamh muid	scamh sibh; scamhabhair	scamh siad; scamhadar	a scamh / ar scamh*	scamhadh
	past habitual	scamhainn	scamhtá	scamhadh sé, sí	scamhaimis; scamhadh muid	scamhadh sibh	scamhaidís; scamhadh siad	a scamhadh / a scamhadh*	scamhtaí
future		scamhfaidh mé; scamhfad	scamhfaidh tú; scamhfair†	scamhfaidh sé, sí	scamhfaimid; scamhfaidh muid	scamhfaidh sibh	scamhfaidh siad; scamhfaid†	a scamhfaidh; a scamhfas	scamhfar
conditional		scamhfainn	scamhfá	scamhfadh sé, sí	scamhfaimis; scamhfadh muid	scamhfadh sibh	scamhfaidís; scamhfadh siad	a scamhfadh / a scamhfadh*	scamhfaí
subjunctive	present	go scamha mé; go scamhad†	go scamha tú; go scamhair†	go scamha sé, sí	go scamhaimid; go scamha muid	go scamha sibh	go scamha siad; go scamhaid†	—	go scamhtar
	past	dá scamhainn	dá scamhtá	dá scamhadh sé, sí	dá scamhaimis; dá scamhadh muid	dá scamhadh sibh	dá scamhaidís; dá scamhadh siad	—	dá scamhtaí
imperative		scamhaim	scamh	scamhadh sé, sí	scamhaimis	scamhaigí; scamhaidh†	scamhaidís	—	scamhtar
verbal noun		scamhadh
past participle		scafa

conjugation of snamh (first conjugation – A)

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

snamh m (genitive singular snaimh)

1. distaste, dislike

Declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative snamh Vocative a shnaimh Genitive snaimh Dative snamh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an snamh Genitive an tsnaimh Dative leis an snamh don snamh

Declension of snamh

First declension

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “snamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snob”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snomad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language