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sonas
sonas
Irish
Alternative forms
- sonaíocht f
Etymology
From Old Irish sonus (“good fortune, prosperity, happiness”), from sona (“prosperous, fortunate, lucky”).
Noun
sonas m (genitive singular sonais)
Declension
Declension of sonas
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- sonas saolta m (“earthly happiness”)
- sonas ort (“thank you”)
- sonasach (“happy, lucky, fortunate”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| sonas | shonas after an, tsonas |
unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "sonas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “sonus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish sonus (“good fortune, prosperity, happiness”), from sona (“prosperous, fortunate, lucky”).
Noun
sonas m (genitive singular sonais, plural sonasan)
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “sonus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.