ilghairdeas

Irish

Alternative forms

• iolgháirdeas (superseded)

Etymology

From il- +‎ gairdeas.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈʌlˠˌɣɑːɾˠd̪ˠəsˠ/ (as if spelled iolghardas)

Noun

ilghairdeas m (genitive singular ilgahairdis)

1. general rejoicing

Declension

Declension of ilgahairdeas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative ilgahairdeas vocative a ilgahairdis genitive ilgahairdis dative ilgahairdeas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an t-ilgahairdeas genitive an ilgahairdis dative leis an ilgahairdeas don ilgahairdeas

Mutation

Mutated forms of ilghairdeas

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ilghairdeas	n-ilghairdeas	hilghairdeas	t-ilghairdeas

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

Further reading

• “ilghairdeas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 il”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ilghairdeas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN