snoíodóireacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• snoíochán
• snoidheadóireacht, snoigheadóireacht (obsolete)

Etymology

From snoíodóir +‎ -acht, from the root of Proto-Celtic *snadeti (“to cut, carve”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠn̪ˠiːˈd̪ˠoːɾʲəxt̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠn̪ˠiːd̪ˠoːɾʲəxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠn̪ˠiːd̪ˠɔɾʲa(x)t̪ˠ/

Noun

snoíodóireacht f (genitive singular snoíodóireachta)

1. (the act of) carving or cutting

Declension

Declension of snoíodóireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative snoíodóireacht vocative a shnoíodóireacht genitive snoíodóireachta dative snoíodóireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tsnoíodóireacht genitive na snoíodóireachta dative leis an tsnoíodóireacht don tsnoíodóireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of snoíodóireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
snoíodóireacht	shnoíodóireacht after an, tsnoíodóireacht	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “snoíodóireacht”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “snoiġeadóireaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 665
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “snoíodóireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN