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See also: SOLAS, Solas, Solás, Solås, solás, sòlas, and sólás

Galician

Verb

solas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of solar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish solus (“light”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsˠɔl̪ˠəsˠ/, /ˈsˠɔlˠəsˠ/

Noun

solas m (genitive singular solais, nominative plural soilse)

  1. light
  2. brightness, illumination
  3. light-giving device, lamp
  4. flame
  5. enlightenment, insight; revelation, disclosure
  6. light of existence
  7. vision
  8. self-interest; limelight

Declension

Declension of solas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative solas soilse
vocative a sholais a shoilse
genitive solais soilse
dative solas soilse
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an solas na soilse
genitive an tsolais na soilse
dative leis an solas
don solas 		leis na soilse

Derived terms

Collocations

light
  • solas na gréine ― sunlight
  • solas na gealaí ― moonlight
  • solas na réaltaí ― starlight
  • solas coinnle ― candlelight
  • solas lampa ― lamplight
  • solas tóirse ― torchlight
  • solas (na) tine ― (the) firelight
  • solas leictreachais ― electric light
  • solas an lae ― daylight
  • solas sráide ― streetlight
  • solas comharthaíochta ― signalling light
  • solas treorach ― navigation light
  • solas tuirlingthe ― landing light
  • soilse cuain ― harbour lights

Mutation

Mutated forms of solas
radical lenition eclipsis
solas sholas
after an, tsolas 		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), “solus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 72, page 38
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch , Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 225
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 23, page 12

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

sōlās

  1. accusative feminine plural of sōlus

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin sōlācium.

Noun

solas oblique singular, ? (oblique plural solas, nominative singular solas, nominative plural solas)

  1. joy; pleasure; enjoyment

Descendants

  • French: soulas (archaic)
  • → English: solace
  • → Irish: sólás
  • → Middle Dutch: solas
  • → Scottish Gaelic: sòlas

Portuguese

Noun

solas

  1. plural of sola

Verb

solas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of solar

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish solus, from Old Irish solus. Cognate with Irish solas and Manx sollys.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈs̪ɔl̪ˠəs̪/
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈs̪ɔl̪ˠəs̪t̪/ (corresponding to the form solast)
  • Hyphenation: so‧las

Noun

solas m (genitive singular solais, plural solasan or solais)

  1. light

Declension

Declension of solas (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative solas solasan
genitive solais sholasan
dative solas solasan; solasaibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) solas (na) solasan
genitive (an) t-solais (nan) solasan
dative (an) t-solas (na) solasan; solasaibh✝
vocative sholais sholasan

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of solas
radical lenition
solas sholas
after "an", t-solas

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

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “solas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan ‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Colin Mark (2003) “solas”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 541
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “solus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsolas/
  • Rhymes: -olas
  • Syllabification: so‧las

Adjective

solas

  1. feminine plural of solo
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