flaithiúnas

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish flaithemnas.[2] By surface analysis, flaith +‎ -únas.

Noun[edit]

flaithiúnas m (genitive singular flaithiúnais, nominative plural flaithiúnais)

  1. sovereignty, kingdom, rule, realm
  2. (Christianity) Kingdom of Heaven, Heaven

Declension[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
flaithiúnas fhlaithiúnas bhflaithiúnas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ flaithiúnas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “flaithemnas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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