sonas

sonas

See also: sonás, soñas, soñás, and šonas

English

Noun

sonas

  1. plural of sona

Anagrams

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsonas/
  • Rhymes: -onas
  • Syllabification: so‧nas

Verb

sonas

  1. present of soni

Ido

Verb

sonas

  1. present of sonar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sonus (good fortune, prosperity, happiness).[1] By surface analysis, sona (happy) +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsˠɔnˠəsˠ/[2]

Noun

sonas m (genitive singular sonais)

  1. happiness; good luck, good fortune
    Synonym: sonaíocht

Declension

Declension of sonas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative sonas
vocative a shonais
genitive sonais
dative sonas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an sonas
genitive an tsonais
dative leis an sonas
don sonas

Derived terms

  • sonas saolta m (earthly happiness)
  • sonas ort (thank you)
  • sonasach (happy, lucky, fortunate, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of sonas
radical lenition eclipsis
sonas shonas
after an, tsonas
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. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sonus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 212

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “1087”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “sonas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Latin

Verb

sonās

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of sonō

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish sonus (good fortune, prosperity, happiness), from Old Irish sonae (prosperous, fortunate, lucky).

Noun

sonas m (genitive singular sonais, plural sonasan)

  1. good fortune, prosperity, good luck
  2. success
  3. happiness, felicity, bliss

Mutation

Mutation of sonas
radical lenition
sonas shonas
after "an", t-sonas

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “sonas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sonus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Verb

sonas

  1. passive infinitive of sona
  2. present passive of sona

Volapük

Noun

sonas

  1. genitive plural of son