sonas

See also: sonás, soñas, soñás, and šonas

English

Noun

sonas

1. plural of sona

Anagrams

• Nasos, Sanos

Esperanto

Verb

sonas

1. present of soni

Ido

Verb

sonas

1. present of sonar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sonus (“good fortune, prosperity, happiness”), from Old Irish sona (“prosperous, fortunate, lucky”).

Noun

sonas m (genitive singular sonais)

1. happiness; good luck, good fortune

   Synonym: sonaíocht

Declension

Declension of sonas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative sonas Vocative a shonais Genitive sonais Dative sonas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an sonas Genitive an tsonais Dative leis an sonas don sonas

Derived terms

• sonas ort (“thank you”)
• sonas saolta m (“earthly happiness”)
• sonasach (“happy, lucky, fortunate”, adjective)

 

Mutation

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

References

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

Latin

Verb

sonās

1. second-person singular present active indicative of sonō

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish sonus (“good fortune, prosperity, happiness”), from Old Irish sona (“prosperous, fortunate, lucky”).

Noun

sonas m (genitive singular sonais, plural sonasan)

1. good fortune, prosperity, good luck
2. success
3. happiness, felicity, bliss

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
sonas	shonas after "an", t-sonas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “sonas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sonus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Verb

sonas

1. passive infinitive of sona
2. present passive of sona

Volapük

Noun

sonas

1. genitive plural of son