ollmhaitheas

Irish

Alternative forms

  • ilmhaitheas, iolmhaitheas
  • iol-mhaitheas, oll-mhaitheas (superseded)

Etymology

From oll- +‎ maitheas.

Pronunciation

Noun

ollmhaitheas m (genitive singular ollmhaitheasa, nominative plural ollmhaitheasaí or ollmhaithistí)

  1. luxury
  2. wealth
  3. (in the plural) good things

Declension

Declension of ollmhaitheas (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ollmhaitheas ollmhaitheasaí
vocative a ollmhaitheas a ollmhaitheasaí
genitive ollmhaitheasa ollmhaitheasaí
dative ollmhaitheas ollmhaitheasaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-ollmhaitheas na hollmhaitheasaí
genitive an ollmhaitheasa na n-ollmhaitheasaí
dative leis an ollmhaitheas
don ollmhaitheas
leis na hollmhaitheasaí

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ollmhaitheas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ollmhaitheas n-ollmhaitheas hollmhaitheas t-ollmhaitheas

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 226

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