sonas

See also: sonás, soñas, soñás, and šonas

English

Noun

sonas

1. plural of sona

Anagrams

• Nasos, Sanos

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Esperanto

Verb

sonas

1. present of soni

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Ido

Verb

(deprecated template usage) sonas

1. present of sonar

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish sonus (“good fortune, prosperity, happiness”), from Old Irish sona (“prosperous, fortunate, lucky”).

Noun

sonas m (genitive singular sonais)

1. happiness; good luck, good fortune

   Synonym: sonaíocht

Declension

Declension of sonas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative sonas Vocative a shonais Genitive sonais Dative sonas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an sonas Genitive an tsonais Dative leis an sonas don sonas

Derived terms

• sonas ort (“thank you”)
• sonas saolta m (“earthly happiness”)
• sonasach (“happy, lucky, fortunate”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
sonas	shonas after an, tsonas	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “sonas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sonus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) sonās

1. second-person singular present active indicative of sonō

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish sonus (“good fortune, prosperity, happiness”), from Old Irish sona (“prosperous, fortunate, lucky”).

Noun

sonas m (genitive singular sonais, plural sonasan)

1. good fortune, prosperity, good luck
2. success
3. happiness, felicity, bliss

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
sonas	shonas after "an", t-sonas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “sonas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sonus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Swedish

Verb

sonas

1. (deprecated template usage) passive infinitive of sona
2. (deprecated template usage) present passive of sona

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Volapük

Noun

sonas

1. genitive plural of son