snaoisean
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Scots sneeshin. See Irish snaoisín.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]snaoisean m (genitive singular snaoisein)
Mutation
[edit]| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| snaoisean | shnaoisean after "an", t-snaoisean |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
[edit]- ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
Further reading
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “snaoisean”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “snaoisean”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[2], Stirling, →ISBN
- “snaoisean” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.