sólás

See also: SOLAS, Solas, Solás, Solås, solas, solás, and sòlas

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sólás, from Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (consolation).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /sˠoːˈl̪ˠɑːsˠ/[1]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈsˠoːl̪ˠɑːsˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈsˠoːl̪ˠasˠ/

Noun

sólás m (genitive singular sóláis, nominative plural sóláis)

  1. solace, comfort, consolation
  2. joy, happiness, gladness

Declension

Declension of sólás (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative sólás sóláis
vocative a shóláis a shólása
genitive sóláis sólás
dative sólás sóláis
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an sólás na sóláis
genitive an tsóláis na sólás
dative leis an sólás
don sólás
leis na sóláis
  • dólás

Mutation

Mutated forms of sólás
radical lenition eclipsis
sólás shólás
after an, tsólás
not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, pages 67126

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