maithiúnas

Irish

Alternative forms

• maitheamhnas (superseded)
• maithiúnachas

Etymology

From Middle Irish *maithemnas. By surface analysis, maith +‎ -únas.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠaˈhuːn̪ˠəsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠahuːn̪ˠəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠahunˠəsˠ/

Noun

maithiúnas m (genitive singular maithiúnais)

1. forgiveness, pardon

   Synonyms: aspalóid, pardún

2. amnesty

   maithiúnas cánach ― tax amnesty

Declension

Declension of maithiúnas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative maithiúnas vocative a mhaithiúnais genitive maithiúnais dative maithiúnas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an maithiúnas genitive an mhaithiúnais dative leis an maithiúnas don mhaithiúnas

Mutation

Mutated forms of maithiúnas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
maithiúnas	mhaithiúnas	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) “maithiúnas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maithemnas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “maithiúnas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “maithiúnas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025