"solas" meaning in Irish

See solas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsˠɔl̪ˠəsˠ/, /ˈsˠɔlˠəsˠ/
Etymology: From Old Irish solus (“light”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|solus|t=light}} Old Irish solus (“light”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|solais|||||||nominative plural|soilse|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} solas m (genitive singular solais, nominative plural soilse), {{ga-noun|m|solais|soilse}} solas m (genitive singular solais, nominative plural soilse) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: solais [genitive, singular], soilse [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], solas [indefinite, nominative, singular], soilse [indefinite, nominative, plural], a sholais [indefinite, singular, vocative], a shoilse [indefinite, plural, vocative], solais [genitive, indefinite, singular], soilse [genitive, indefinite, plural], solas [dative, indefinite, singular], soilse [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an solas [definite, nominative, singular], na soilse [definite, nominative, plural], an tsolais [definite, genitive, singular], na soilse [definite, genitive, plural], leis an solas [dative, definite, singular], don solas [dative, definite, singular], leis na soilse [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], solas [error-unrecognized-form], sholas [error-unrecognized-form], tsolas [error-unrecognized-form], - [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. light Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-solas-ga-noun-macCYXLU Categories (other): Light Disambiguation of Light: 69 1 1 1 2 18 1 8
  2. brightness, illumination Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-solas-ga-noun-ZYQI9L6L
  3. light-giving device, lamp Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-solas-ga-noun-fXNHPkOd
  4. flame Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-solas-ga-noun-vZ3F942s
  5. enlightenment, insight; revelation, disclosure Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-solas-ga-noun-5L~SsJIE
  6. light of existence Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-solas-ga-noun-xikIM16p
  7. vision Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-solas-ga-noun-WUSuhJRI
  8. self-interest; limelight Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-solas-ga-noun-noK4pzGf Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 12 4 13 4 25 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cipín solais (english: match), Claíomh Solais (english: Sword of Light), cón solais (english: light cone), idir an dá sholas (english: at twilight), soilsigh (english: to light, illuminate), solas na súl (english: eyesight), solas tráchta (english: traffic light), solasach (english: bright, luminous; clear, lucid), solasbhliain (english: light-year) [feminine], solasdíonach (english: lightproof) [adjective], solasmhar (english: bright, luminous; clear, lucid), solasta (english: bright, luminous; clear, lucid), teach solais (english: lighthouse)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "match",
      "translation": "match",
      "word": "cipín solais"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Sword of Light",
      "translation": "Sword of Light",
      "word": "Claíomh Solais"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "light cone",
      "translation": "light cone",
      "word": "cón solais"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "at twilight",
      "translation": "at twilight",
      "word": "idir an dá sholas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to light, illuminate",
      "translation": "to light, illuminate",
      "word": "soilsigh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "eyesight",
      "translation": "eyesight",
      "word": "solas na súl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "traffic light",
      "translation": "traffic light",
      "word": "solas tráchta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "bright, luminous; clear, lucid",
      "translation": "bright, luminous; clear, lucid",
      "word": "solasach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "light-year",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "light-year",
      "word": "solasbhliain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "lightproof",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "lightproof",
      "word": "solasdíonach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "bright, luminous; clear, lucid",
      "translation": "bright, luminous; clear, lucid",
      "word": "solasmhar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "bright, luminous; clear, lucid",
      "translation": "bright, luminous; clear, lucid",
      "word": "solasta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "lighthouse",
      "translation": "lighthouse",
      "word": "teach solais"
    }
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        "2": "sga",
        "3": "solus",
        "t": "light"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish solus (“light”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish solus (“light”).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "solais",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soilse",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "solas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soilse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a sholais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a shoilse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "solais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soilse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "solas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soilse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an solas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na soilse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an tsolais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na soilse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an solas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don solas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na soilse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "solas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sholas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsolas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "soilse",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "solais",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "solas m (genitive singular solais, nominative plural soilse)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "solais",
        "3": "soilse"
      },
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    }
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  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "69 1 1 1 2 18 1 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Light",
          "orig": "ga:Light",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "light"
      ],
      "id": "en-solas-ga-noun-macCYXLU",
      "links": [
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "brightness, illumination"
      ],
      "id": "en-solas-ga-noun-ZYQI9L6L",
      "links": [
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          "brightness",
          "brightness"
        ],
        [
          "illumination",
          "illumination"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "light-giving device, lamp"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "lamp",
          "lamp"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "flame"
      ],
      "id": "en-solas-ga-noun-vZ3F942s",
      "links": [
        [
          "flame",
          "flame"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "enlightenment, insight; revelation, disclosure"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "enlightenment",
          "enlightenment"
        ],
        [
          "insight",
          "insight"
        ],
        [
          "revelation",
          "revelation"
        ],
        [
          "disclosure",
          "disclosure"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "light of existence"
      ],
      "id": "en-solas-ga-noun-xikIM16p",
      "links": [
        [
          "existence",
          "existence"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vision"
      ],
      "id": "en-solas-ga-noun-WUSuhJRI",
      "links": [
        [
          "vision",
          "vision"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 4 12 4 13 4 25 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "self-interest; limelight"
      ],
      "id": "en-solas-ga-noun-noK4pzGf",
      "links": [
        [
          "self-interest",
          "self-interest"
        ],
        [
          "limelight",
          "limelight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsˠɔl̪ˠəsˠ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsˠɔlˠəsˠ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "solas"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Light"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "match",
      "translation": "match",
      "word": "cipín solais"
    },
    {
      "english": "Sword of Light",
      "translation": "Sword of Light",
      "word": "Claíomh Solais"
    },
    {
      "english": "light cone",
      "translation": "light cone",
      "word": "cón solais"
    },
    {
      "english": "at twilight",
      "translation": "at twilight",
      "word": "idir an dá sholas"
    },
    {
      "english": "to light, illuminate",
      "translation": "to light, illuminate",
      "word": "soilsigh"
    },
    {
      "english": "eyesight",
      "translation": "eyesight",
      "word": "solas na súl"
    },
    {
      "english": "traffic light",
      "translation": "traffic light",
      "word": "solas tráchta"
    },
    {
      "english": "bright, luminous; clear, lucid",
      "translation": "bright, luminous; clear, lucid",
      "word": "solasach"
    },
    {
      "english": "light-year",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "light-year",
      "word": "solasbhliain"
    },
    {
      "english": "lightproof",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "lightproof",
      "word": "solasdíonach"
    },
    {
      "english": "bright, luminous; clear, lucid",
      "translation": "bright, luminous; clear, lucid",
      "word": "solasmhar"
    },
    {
      "english": "bright, luminous; clear, lucid",
      "translation": "bright, luminous; clear, lucid",
      "word": "solasta"
    },
    {
      "english": "lighthouse",
      "translation": "lighthouse",
      "word": "teach solais"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "solus",
        "t": "light"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish solus (“light”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish solus (“light”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "solais",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soilse",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "solas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soilse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a sholais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a shoilse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "solais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soilse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "solas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soilse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an solas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na soilse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an tsolais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na soilse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an solas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don solas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na soilse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "solas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sholas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsolas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "solais",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "cat2": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "light"
      ],
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        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "brightness, illumination"
      ],
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        [
          "brightness",
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        ],
        [
          "illumination",
          "illumination"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "light-giving device, lamp"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lamp",
          "lamp"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "flame"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flame",
          "flame"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "enlightenment, insight; revelation, disclosure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enlightenment",
          "enlightenment"
        ],
        [
          "insight",
          "insight"
        ],
        [
          "revelation",
          "revelation"
        ],
        [
          "disclosure",
          "disclosure"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "light of existence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "existence",
          "existence"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vision"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vision",
          "vision"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "self-interest; limelight"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "self-interest",
          "self-interest"
        ],
        [
          "limelight",
          "limelight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsˠɔl̪ˠəsˠ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsˠɔlˠəsˠ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "solas"
}

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{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: solas/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "solas"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "solas",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "solas"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "solas",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
    "solas"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "solas",
  "trace": ""
}

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