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
strain, to stretch too far
turn, to move around an axis through itself
twine, to weave together
twirl, to perform a twirl
twirl, to rotate rapidly
twist, to turn the ends in opposite directions
wrench, to pull or twist