flaitheas

Irish

Alternative forms

• flaitheanas, flathas
• flaitheanus, flaithios, flathus (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish flaithius (“rule, sovereignty”). By surface analysis, flaith +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠl̪ˠahəsˠ/, /ˈfˠlˠahəsˠ/

Noun

flaitheas m (genitive singular flaithis, nominative plural flaithis or flaitheasa)

1. sovereignty (supreme authority over all things), rule
2. realm (territory or state), kingdom
3. (often in the plural) heaven, the heavens, paradise

Declension

Declension of flaitheas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative flaitheas flaithis vocative a fhlaithis a fhlaitheasa genitive flaithis flaitheas dative flaitheas flaithis forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an flaitheas na flaithis genitive an fhlaithis na bhflaitheas dative leis an bhflaitheas don fhlaitheas leis na flaithis

Derived terms

• ardfhlaitheas
• daonfhlaitheas
• Flaitheas Dé (“Kingdom of Heaven”)
• flaitheasach
• -lathas

Mutation

Mutated forms of flaitheas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
flaitheas	fhlaitheas	bhflaitheas

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “flaiṫeas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 320
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “flaitheas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish flaithius (“rule, sovereignty”). By surface analysis, flaith +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfl̪ˠaçəs̪/

Noun

flaitheas m (genitive singular flaitheis, plural flaitheasan)

1. heaven

Derived terms

• co-fhlaitheas
• An Co-fhlaitheas

Mutation

Mutation of flaitheas

radical	lenition
flaitheas	fhlaitheas

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