athshondas

Irish

Etymology

From ath- (“re-”) +‎ sondas (“sonorousness, sonority”).

Noun

athshondas m (genitive singular athshondais)

1. (astronomy, chemistry, electronics, physics) resonance

Declension

Declension of athshondas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative athshondas vocative a athshondais genitive athshondais dative athshondas forms with the definite article singular nominative an t-athshondas genitive an athshondais dative leis an athshondas don athshondas

Synonyms

• fuaimneacht f, gluaire f

Related terms

• athshon (“resonate”, verb)
• athshonadóir m (“resonator”)
• athshondach (“resonant”, adjective)
• frithshondas (“anti-resonance”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of athshondas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
athshondas	n-athshondas	hathshondas	not applicable

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) “athshondas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN