snáthaid

• snáthad (Munster, Ulster)

From Old Irish snáthat (“needle”)^[1] (whence also Manx snaid and Scottish Gaelic snàthad), from Proto-Celtic *snātantā (compare Welsh nodwydd, Breton nodoez), from Proto-Indo-European *sneh₁- (“to spin, twist”).

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠn̪ˠɑːhəd̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form snáthad)^[2]
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠn̪ˠɑːdʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠn̪ˠahəd̪ˠ/ (corresponding to the form snáthad);^[3] /ˈsˠn̪ˠahədʲ/^[4] (in the dative)

snáthaid f (genitive singular snáthaide, nominative plural snáthaidí)

1. needle
2. index (symbol resembling a pointing hand), indicator, pointer
3. hand (of a clock), gnomon (of a sundial)

• Alternative plural: snáthadaí (Cois Fharraige)

• snáithe (“thread”)
• snáth (“thread, yarn”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “snáthaid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN