See also: SNAs and snäs

Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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snas m (genitive singular snasa, nominative plural snasanna)

  1. finish, polish, gloss, good appearance
  2. accent, mannerism
  3. slime, mold, scum, slime
    Synonym: múscán
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive) Synonym of snasaigh
Conjugation
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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snas m (genitive singular snasa)

  1. Alternative form of snoí (hewing, carving)

Mutation

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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

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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snās f

  1. spit, skewer

Declension

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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snas m (genitive singular snais, no plural)

  1. perfection
  2. good appearance

Derived terms

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Mutation

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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.