suáilceas

Irish

Alternative forms

• subháilceas (superseded)

Etymology

From suáilce (“virtue; joy, pleasure, happiness”) +‎ -as.

Noun

suáilceas m (genitive singular suáilcis)

1. virtuousness
2. pleasantness, happiness, contentment
3. sociability

   Synonyms: caidreamhacht, caidriúlacht, coimhirse, cuideachtúlacht, daonchaire, tíriúlacht

Declension

Declension of suáilceas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative suáilceas vocative a shuáilcis genitive suáilcis dative suáilceas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an suáilceas genitive an tsuáilcis dative leis an suáilceas don suáilceas

Related terms

• suáilceach (“virtuous, good-living; joyful, pleasant, happy”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of suáilceas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
suáilceas	shuáilceas after an, tsuáilceas	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) “suáilceas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “suáilceas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “suáilceas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024