"snath" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /snæθ/ Forms: snaths [plural], snythe [alternative], snathe [alternative], snaith [alternative], sneath [alternative], sneathe [alternative], sned [alternative], sneed [alternative]
Rhymes: -æθ Etymology: From a variant of snead, itself from Middle English snede, from Old English snǣd (“the shaft or handle of a scythe”), akin to Old English snīþan (“to cut”). More at snithe. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|snede}} Middle English snede, {{inh|en|ang|snǣd||the shaft or handle of a scythe}} Old English snǣd (“the shaft or handle of a scythe”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} snath (plural snaths)
  1. The shaft of a scythe. Related terms: haft, the handle of any of various tools, helve Translations (shaft of a scythe): дръжка (drăžka) (Bulgarian), kosiště [neuter] (Czech), viikatteenvarsi (Finnish), manche de faux (French), Sensenwurf (German), Sensenstiel [masculine] (German), Sensenbaum [masculine] (German), orf [neuter] (Icelandic), lysi (Ingrian), orv [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kosisko [neuter] (Polish), stylisko [neuter] (Polish), foice (Portuguese), рукоя́тка (rukojátka) (alt: косы́) [feminine] (Russian), черено́к (čerenók) (alt: косы́) [masculine] (Russian), косови́ще (kosovíšče) [neuter] (Russian), kosisko [neuter] (Slovak), orv [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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