Irish
- n-forms
- smaoineadh, smaoine, smaoiniú, smuaine, smuaineadh, smuaineamh, smuíneamh
- smaoiniughadh, smuainiughadh (obsolete)
- nt-forms
- smaointiú, smaointeadh, smaointeamh, smuainteadh
- smaointiughadh, smuainnteadh, smuaintiughadh, smuaintiughadh (obsolete)
- t-forms
- smaoitiú
- smaoitiughadh (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Irish smúained. By surface analysis, smaoin + -amh.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠmˠiːnʲəvˠ/[1]
- (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈsˠmˠiːnʲə/[2]
- (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈsˠmˠiːnʲuː/[3]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠmˠiːtʲuː/[4] (corresponding to the form smaoitiú)
Noun
smaoineamh m (genitive singular as substantive smaoinimh, genitive as verbal noun smaointe, nominative plural smaointe)
- verbal noun of smaoinigh
- notion, idea, thought
Declension
As substantive:
Declension of smaoineamh (first declension)
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As verbal noun:
Declension of smaoineamh (irregular, no plural)
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References
- ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000), Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 758, page 390
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975), The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 203, page 38
- ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958), The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 421, page 116
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 123, page 47
Further reading
- “smaoineamh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “smúained”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
