snas

See also: SNAs and snäs

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠn̪ˠɑsˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠn̪ˠasˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish snas (“act of cutting, chipping”), verbal noun of snaidid (“cuts, chips”).

Noun

snas m (genitive singular snasa, nominative plural snasanna)

1. finish, polish, gloss, good appearance
2. accent, mannerism
3. slime, mold, scum, slime

   Synonym: múscán

Declension

Declension of snas

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative snas snasanna Vocative a shnas a shnasanna Genitive snasa snasanna Dative snas snasanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an snas na snasanna Genitive an tsnasa na snasanna Dative leis an snas don snas leis na snasanna

Derived terms

• snasach
• snasaigh
• snasaire
• snasán
• snaschraiceann
• snasleathar
• snasta
• snastóir

 

Etymology 2

Verb

snas (present analytic snasann, future analytic snasfaidh, verbal noun snasadh, past participle snasta)

1. (transitive) Synonym of snasaigh

Conjugation

conjugation of snas (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	snasaim	snasann tú; snasair†	snasann sé, sí	snasaimid	snasann sibh	snasann siad; snasaid†	a shnasann; a shnasas / a snasann*	snastar
	past	shnas mé; shnasas	shnas tú; shnasais	shnas sé, sí	shnasamar; shnas muid	shnas sibh; shnasabhair	shnas siad; shnasadar	a shnas / ar shnas*	snasadh
	past habitual	shnasainn / snasainn‡‡	shnastá / snastᇇ	shnasadh sé, sí / snasadh sé, s퇇	shnasaimis; shnasadh muid / snasaimis‡‡; snasadh muid‡‡	shnasadh sibh / snasadh sibh‡‡	shnasaidís; shnasadh siad / snasaidís‡‡; snasadh siad‡‡	a shnasadh / a snasadh*	shnastaí / snasta퇇
future		snasfaidh mé; snasfad	snasfaidh tú; snasfair†	snasfaidh sé, sí	snasfaimid; snasfaidh muid	snasfaidh sibh	snasfaidh siad; snasfaid†	a shnasfaidh; a shnasfas / a snasfaidh*	snasfar
conditional		shnasfainn / snasfainn‡‡	shnasfá / snasfᇇ	shnasfadh sé, sí / snasfadh sé, s퇇	shnasfaimis; shnasfadh muid / snasfaimis‡‡; snasfadh muid‡‡	shnasfadh sibh / snasfadh sibh‡‡	shnasfaidís; shnasfadh siad / snasfaidís‡‡; snasfadh siad‡‡	a shnasfadh / a snasfadh*	shnasfaí / snasfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go snasa mé; go snasad†	go snasa tú; go snasair†	go snasa sé, sí	go snasaimid; go snasa muid	go snasa sibh	go snasa siad; go snasaid†	—	go snastar
	past	dá snasainn	dá snastá	dá snasadh sé, sí	dá snasaimis; dá snasadh muid	dá snasadh sibh	dá snasaidís; dá snasadh siad	—	dá snastaí
imperative		snasaim	snas	snasadh sé, sí	snasaimis	snasaigí; snasaidh†	snasaidís	—	snastar
verbal noun		snasadh
past participle		snasta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Etymology 3

Noun

snas m (genitive singular snasa)

1. Alternative form of snoí (“hewing, carving”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
snas	shnas after an, tsnas	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) “snas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “snas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “snas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “snas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old English

Alternative forms

• snaas, snǣs

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *snaisu, from Proto-Germanic *snaisō (“twig, stick, spit”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneyt- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snɑːs/

Noun

snās f

1. spit, skewer

Declension

Declension of snās (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	snās	snāsa, snāse
accusative	snāse	snāsa, snāse
genitive	snāse	snāsa
dative	snāse	snāsum

Related terms

• snīþan

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̪n̪ˠas̪/

Noun

snas m (genitive singular snais, no plural)

1. perfection
2. good appearance

Derived terms

• mì-shnas m (“inelegance”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
snas	shnas after "an", t-snas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.