sna

Etymology 1
From,.

Alternative forms

 * ’sna

Usage notes
This contraction is obligatory, i.e. never appears uncontracted. Triggers of a following vowel.

Often understood to be a contraction of, but the form sna was in common use by the 12th century and accepted in Classical Gaelic poetry while ins is a later innovation with the -n- reintroduced by analogy.

Etymology 2
Extracted from a reinterpretation of forms like, , , as.

Usage notes
This form is found after the prepositions, , , and , especially in older texts. In modern texts, has the s on the preposition, while, , and  are more commonly written as single words—to the extent they are found at all, since they occur only in Munster dialect and are not part of the standard written language.