Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish pardus, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), from Iranian.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Munster)
    • (West Muskerry) IPA(key): /ˈpˠaɾˠəhəsˠ/[1] (corresponding to the spelling parathas, a conflation of [ˈpˠɑɾəˠɣəsˠ] (a Late Middle Irish pronunciation of pardhas) and later-found par(r)thas)
  • (Ulster)
    • (Meenawania) IPA(key): /ˈpˠaːrhuːs/[2] (corresponding to the spelling párthús, a conflation of par(r)ús (from par(r)dhas) and par(r)thas)

Noun edit

parthas m (genitive singular parthais, nominative plural parthais)

  1. paradise

Declension edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
parthas pharthas bparthas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1988) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 319, page 106
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 11

Further reading edit