snagcheol

Irish

Etymology

From snag (“catch, hiccup; syncopation”) +‎ ceol (“music”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsˠn̪aɡˌçoːlˠ/

Noun

snagcheol m (genitive singular snagcheoil)

1. syncopated music; jazz

Declension

Declension of snagcheol

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative snagcheol Vocative a shnagcheoil Genitive snagcheoil Dative snagcheol

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an snagcheol Genitive an tsnagcheoil Dative leis an snagcheol don snagcheol

Derived terms

• snagcheol aigéid (“acid jazz”)

Related terms

• snagbhanna m (“jazz band”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “snagcheol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN