sólás

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

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sólás, from Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠoːˈl̪ˠɑːsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠoːl̪ˠɑːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠoːl̪ˠasˠ/

Noun

sólás m (genitive singular sóláis, nominative plural sóláis)

1. solace, comfort, consolation
2. joy, happiness, gladness

Declension

Declension of sólás

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative sólás sóláis Vocative a shóláis a shólása Genitive sóláis sólás Dative sólás sóláis

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an sólás na sóláis Genitive an tsóláis na sólás Dative leis an sólás don sólás leis na sóláis

Related terms

• dólás

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sólás	shólás after an, tsólás	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sólás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sólás”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 672
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sólás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sólás”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 67