sólás

See also: SOLAS, Solas, Solás, Solås, solas, solás, and sòlas

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sólás, from Old French solas, from Latin sōlācium (“consolation”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠoːˈl̪ˠɑːsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠoːl̪ˠɑːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈsˠoːl̪ˠasˠ/

Noun

sólás m (genitive singular sóláis, nominative plural sóláis)

1. solace, comfort, consolation
2. joy, happiness, gladness

Declension

Declension of sólás (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative sólás sóláis vocative a shóláis a shólása genitive sóláis sólás dative sólás sóláis forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an sólás na sóláis genitive an tsóláis na sólás dative leis an sólás don sólás leis na sóláis

Related terms

• dólás

Mutation

Mutated forms of sólás

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sólás	shólás after an, tsólás	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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sólás”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sólás”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 672
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sólás”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “sólás”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 67