sonas

See also: sonás, soñas, soñás, and šonas

English

Noun

sonas

1. plural of sona

Anagrams

• Nasos, Sanos

Esperanto

Verb

sonas

1. present of soni

Ido

Verb

sonas

1. present of sonar

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

sonas m (genitive singular sonais)

1. happiness; good luck, good fortune

   Synonym: sonaíocht

Declension

Declension of sonas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative sonas vocative a shonais genitive sonais dative sonas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an sonas genitive an tsonais dative leis an sonas don sonas

Derived terms

• sonas ort (“thank you”)
• sonas saolta m (“earthly happiness”)
• 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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sonas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sonus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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 sona (“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]‎^[1], 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