aoibhneas

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish oíbnius, from Old Irish oíbind (compare modern aoibhinn). By surface analysis, aoibhinn + -as.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiːvʲnʲəsˠ/

Noun

aoibhneas m (genitive singular aoibhnis or aoibhneasa)

  1. bliss, delight

Declension

Standard inflection (first declension):

Alternative inflection (third declension):

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aoibhneas n-aoibhneas haoibhneas t-aoibhneas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish oíbnius, from Old Irish oíbind (compare modern aoibhinn). By surface analysis, aoibhinn + -as.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɤjɲəs/

Noun

aoibhneas m (genitive singular aoibhneis, plural aoibhneasan)

  1. gladness, joy, pleasure

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aoibhneasn-aoibhneash-aoibhneast-aoibhneas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aoibhneas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “oíbnius”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.