áitheas

Irish

Alternative forms

• áthas

Etymology

From Old Irish áithes, áthas (“sharpness, keenness; successful feat, exploit, victory; joy”).

Noun

áitheas m (genitive singular áithis)

1. success, victory

Declension

Declension of áitheas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative áitheas Vocative a áithis Genitive áithis Dative áitheas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-áitheas Genitive an áithis Dative leis an áitheas don áitheas

Related terms

• áitheasach (“successful, victorious”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
áitheas	n-áitheas	háitheas	t-áitheas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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