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English
Noun
sonas
- plural of sona
Anagrams
Esperanto
Verb
sonas
- present of soni
Ido
Verb
sonas
- 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)
- happiness; good luck, good fortune
- Synonym: sonaíocht
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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sonas
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shonas after an, tsonas
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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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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
- 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)
- good fortune, prosperity, good luck
- success
- happiness, felicity, bliss
Mutation
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
- passive infinitive of sona
- present passive of sona
Volapük
Noun
sonas
- genitive plural of son