pálás

See also: palas, Palas, and päläs

Irish

Etymology

From Old French palais, from Latin palātium.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pˠɑːˈl̪ˠɑːsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠɑːlˠɑːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈpˠælˠæsˠ/

Noun

pálás m (genitive singular páláis, nominative plural páláis)

1. palace
   • 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:

     Thug an bhanríoghan an t‑ógánach isteach ’san phálás, ⁊ bhí righeacht ⁊ saidhbhreas an tsean-ríogh alig aige; ⁊ bhí sé féin ⁊ a mháthair go sona, seunmhar ó shin amach: ⁊ mar robh siad-san go mbeidh sinne.

     The queen brought the youth into her own palace, and he had the kingdom and riches of the old king, and himself and his mother were happy and prosperous from that forth, and like them may we too be.

Declension

Declension of pálás

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative pálás páláis Vocative a pháláis a phálása Genitive páláis pálás Dative pálás páláis

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an pálás na páláis Genitive an pháláis na bpálás Dative leis an bpálás don phálás leis na páláis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pálás	phálás	bpálás
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “pálás”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “pálás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “pálás”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 538
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pálás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN