Noun: sníomh
Gender: Masc
Forms without Article
| Singular Nominative | sníomh |
| Singular Genitive | sníofa; sníomha |
Forms with Article
| Singular Nominative | an sníomh |
| Singular Genitive | an tsníofa; an tsníomha |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like sníomh
sníomh,
Etymology
From Middle Irish snímaid (“spins; twists”), from Old Irish sním, verbal noun of sníïd (“twists, binds, ties”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, sew”).
Translations
spin, to turn around quickly
spin, to make yarn
turn, to move around an axis through itself
wrench, to pull or twist
twist, to turn the ends in opposite directions
strain, to stretch too far
twine, to weave together
twirl, to perform a twirl
twirl, to rotate rapidly