n
ā, f. (snáth)
needle
: snáthath gl. acus,
Sg. 107b3
.
snāthad .i. snāth-séd .i. sēd snāith ┐ toll snāthaide,
Corm. Y
1195
. Cf.
snathset,
Laws v 380.23 Comm
.
a trí cóectu
snathat
,
LU 8857
(
FB 65
).
co tarla cach s.¤ díb hi cró araili,
8858
(ib.).
dosbeir a snáthait fein i llaim cacha hóenmná díb,
8860
(ib.).
cró snáthaiti,
4882
(TBC).
rind snáthaite,
TBC-LL¹
4710
. dá tairnad s.¤ a féci for airlár co cluinfide if a needle
should drop . . . it would be heard,
MU² 232
.
día faetsath s.¤
isin tig,
BDD² 792
.
sadais . . . ind snathaid . . . inda dernaind,
Mon. Tall. 149.19
.
uaimm snathati,
PH 2862
.
athgabail . . .
im snathait,
Laws i 150.10
.
techta fuillema gill snaite (leg.
snáthaite?) druinige,
v 382.1
.
gill snataite,
380.14
. Indicating
a small (the smallest?) measure of value: imtoing ó (t)shnáthait
co dairt his oath is good in matters up to the value of a `dairt',
Críth G. 24
.
otha fer fortaig snathaiti go ruice torcbanb,
O'Curry 1198
(
H 3.18, 477
-
8
) =
O'Curry
603
(
H 3.18
295
).
snáthad cáel gel,
Irish Texts ii 25 § 25
.
breith cámhuill tre shnáthaid,
iv 103.7
.
ní
bhfuigheadh an tsnáthad chaol | ionad im thaobh gan bheith
tinn,
Measgra D. 34.11
.
snathada,
Rosa Angl. 12.15
.
don tí
. . . do chromfadh ag tógbháil snáthaide,
TSh. 10637
. le
hobair shnaithide needlework,
Exodus xxvi 36
. ní léigfi si di in
ts.¤ do tharruing (of a diamond),
Maund. 139
. Fig. snáthad
chroidhe . . . einingen (the death of) an only daughter is a needle
in the heart,
BS 52.22
. snathad uamma na hairdríghe (of
a chief),
ALC i 486.15
. In pn sobriquet:
Snathat ingen Uama,
Anecd. ii 56.4
.