parthas

Irish

Alternative forms

  • parrthas
  • parrdhas, párrdhas, parrdhus, párrthas, parrthus, párrthus, párthas, parthus, párthus (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish pardus, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), from Iranian.

Pronunciation

  • (Cork) IPA(key): /ˈpˠaɾˠəhəsˠ/[1] (corresponding to the spelling parathas, a conflation of [ˈpˠɑɾəˠɣəsˠ] (a Late Middle Irish pronunciation of pardhas) and later par(r)thas))
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈpˠaːɾˠhuːsˠ/[2] (corresponding to the spelling párthús, a conflation of par(r)ús (from par(r)dhas) and par(r)thas)

Noun

parthas m (genitive singular parthais, nominative plural parthais)

  1. paradise

Declension

Declension of parthas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative parthas parthais
vocative a pharthais a pharthasa
genitive parthais parthas
dative parthas parthais
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an parthas na parthais
genitive an pharthais na bparthas
dative leis an bparthas
don pharthas 		leis na parthais

Mutation

Mutated forms of parthas
radical lenition eclipsis
parthas pharthas bparthas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 319, page 106; reprinted 1988
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 11

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “parthas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “paradise”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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