áthas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish áithes, áthas (“sharpness, keenness; successful feat, exploit, victory; joy”).

Pronunciation

Noun

áthas m (genitive singular áthais)

  1. joy, gladness
    Tá áthas ar an mbuachaill.
    The boy is glad.
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 194:
      Do bhíodar sé mhí gan fille, agus nuair a chonaic Máire an t-árthach ag teacht chun cuain, bhí sceitimíní ar a croidhe le lúthgháir agus le h-áthas, ní nárbh’ iongnadh.
      They were [away] six months without returning, and when Máire saw the vessel coming to port, her heart had raptures of gladness and joy, which was not surprising.
  2. Alternative form of áitheas (“success, victory”)

Usage notes

Used with the preposition ar (“on”) to indicate "being glad" (see usage example above).

Declension

Derived terms

  • áthasach (“glad, joyful; successful, victorious”, adj)

Mutation

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

References

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