different between nath vs snath

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish nath (“poetical composition”).

Noun

nath m (genitive singular natha, nominative plural nathanna)

1. (literary) poem, song, refrain
2. proverbial saying, adage, epigram, saw

Synonyms

• (saying): cor cainte, leagan cainte

Declension

Derived terms

• nath cainte
• nathaí
• nathán

Further reading

• "nath" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “nath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Middle English

Etymology

From ne hath.

Contraction

nath

1. hath not

Anagrams

• -anth, Than, ha'n't, ha'nt, han't, hant, than

Nuer

Noun

nath

1. people

English

Alternative forms

• snythe, snathe, snaith, sneath, sneathe, etc.
• sned, sneed

Etymology

From a variant of snead, itself from Middle English snede, from Old English sn?d (“the shaft or handle of a scythe”), akin to Old English sn?þan (“to cut”). More at snithe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snæ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

snath (plural snaths)

1. The shaft of a scythe.

Translations

See also

• haft, the handle of any of various tools
• helve, the handle of any of various tools

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Anagrams

• Hants, NHTSA, Thans, ha'nts, hants, hasn't, sha'n't, shan't, shant