aoibhneas

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish oíbnius, from Old Irish oíbind.[1] By surface analysis, aoibhinn +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiːvʲnʲəsˠ/[2]

Noun

aoibhneas m (genitive singular aoibhnis or aoibhneasa)

  1. bliss, delight

Declension

Standard inflection (first declension):

Declension of aoibhneas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aoibhneas
vocative a aoibhnis
genitive aoibhnis
dative aoibhneas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-aoibhneas
genitive an aoibhnis
dative leis an aoibhneas
don aoibhneas

Alternative inflection (third declension):

Declension of aoibhneas (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aoibhneas
vocative a aoibhneas
genitive aoibhneasa
dative aoibhneas
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an t-aoibhneas
genitive an aoibhneasa
dative leis an aoibhneas
don aoibhneas

Mutation

Mutated forms of aoibhneas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aoibhneas n-aoibhneas haoibhneas t-aoibhneas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oíbnius”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 59, page 31

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish oíbnius, from Old Irish oíbind.[1] By surface analysis, aoibhinn +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɤjɲəs/

Noun

aoibhneas m (genitive singular aoibhneis, plural aoibhneasan)

  1. gladness, joy, pleasure

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of aoibhneas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aoibhneas n-aoibhneas h-aoibhneas t-aoibhneas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “oíbnius”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aoibhneas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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