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áthas
áthas
Irish
Noun
áthas m (genitive singular áthais)
- joy, gladness
- Tá áthas ar an mbuachaill.
- The boy is glad.
- Tá áthas ar an mbuachaill.
- Alternative form of áitheas (“success, victory”)
Declension
Declension of áthas
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Usage notes
Used with the preposition ar (“on”) to indicate "being glad" (see usage examples above).
Derived terms
- áthas(t)úil (“glad, joyful”, adj)
Related terms
- áthasach (“glad, joyful; successful, victorious”, adj)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| áthas | n-áthas | háthas | t-áthas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “áithes” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “áṫas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 19.
- "áthas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.