snas

== Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sˠn̪ˠɑsˠ/, /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) polish (shininess), gloss mold (a natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm and moist) air) Synonym: múscán ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== snas (present analytic snasann, future analytic snasfaidh, verbal noun snasadh, past participle snasta) (transitive) alternative form of snasaigh ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== snas m (genitive singular snasa) alternative form of snoí (“hewing, carving”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “snas; snasaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 1074; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “snas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “snas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “snas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == 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 spit, skewer ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: ==== Related terms ==== snīþan == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish snas (“act of cutting, chipping”), verbal noun of snaidid (“cuts, chips”). Cognate with Irish snas. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /s̪n̪ˠas̪/ === Noun === snas m (genitive singular snais, no plural) perfection good appearance ==== Derived terms ==== mì-shnas m (“inelegance”) === Mutation === === References ===