sonas

See also: sonás, soñas, soñás, and šonas

English

Noun

sonas

  1. plural of sona

Anagrams

Esperanto

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, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “sonas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, 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
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