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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish sólás, from Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sólás m (genitive singular sóláis, nominative plural sóláis)
- solace, comfort, consolation
- joy, happiness, gladness
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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sólás
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shólás after an, tsólás
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not applicable
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sólás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sólás”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 672
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sólás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sólás”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 67