aoibhneas

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiːvʲnʲəsˠ/

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 case singular nominative aoibhneas vocative a aoibhnis genitive aoibhnis dative aoibhneas forms with the definite article case 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 case singular nominative aoibhneas vocative a aoibhneas genitive aoibhneasa dative aoibhneas forms with the definite article case 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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aoibhneas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aoiḃneas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 32

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• aimhneas, éibhneas

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɤjɲəs/

Noun

aoibhneas m (genitive singular aoibhneis, plural aoibhneasan)

1. gladness, joy, pleasure

Synonyms

• éibhinneachd

Derived terms

• an-aoibhneas
• mór-aoibhneas
• neo-aoibhneas
• ro-aoibhneas

 

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.

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