"sonas" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsˠɔnˠəsˠ/
Etymology: From Middle Irish sonus (“good fortune, prosperity, happiness”). By surface analysis, sona (“happy”) + -as. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|sonus|t=good fortune, prosperity, happiness}} Middle Irish sonus (“good fortune, prosperity, happiness”), {{surf|ga|sona|-as|t1=happy}} By surface analysis, sona (“happy”) + -as Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|sonais||||||||-|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} sonas m (genitive singular sonais), {{ga-noun|m|sonais|-}} sonas m (genitive singular sonais) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: sonais [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], sonas [indefinite, nominative, singular], a shonais [indefinite, singular, vocative], sonais [genitive, indefinite, singular], sonas [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an sonas [definite, nominative, singular], an tsonais [definite, genitive, singular], leis an sonas [dative, definite, singular], don sonas [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], sonas [error-unrecognized-form], shonas [error-unrecognized-form], tsonas [error-unrecognized-form], - [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. happiness; good luck, good fortune Tags: masculine Synonyms: sonaíocht Derived forms: sonas saolta (english: earthly happiness) [masculine], sonas ort (english: thank you), sonasach (english: happy, lucky, fortunate) [adjective]
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      "name": "inh"
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      "form": "sonais",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a shonais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an sonas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an tsonais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an sonas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don sonas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shonas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsonas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "4": "sonais",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
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        "f4request": "1",
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    },
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      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
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      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "earthly happiness",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "translation": "earthly happiness",
          "word": "sonas saolta"
        },
        {
          "english": "thank you",
          "translation": "thank you",
          "word": "sonas ort"
        },
        {
          "english": "happy, lucky, fortunate",
          "tags": [
            "adjective"
          ],
          "translation": "happy, lucky, fortunate",
          "word": "sonasach"
        }
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        "happiness; good luck, good fortune"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "happiness",
          "happiness"
        ],
        [
          "good luck",
          "good luck"
        ],
        [
          "good fortune",
          "good fortune"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sonaíocht"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsˠɔnˠəsˠ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sonas"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "earthly happiness",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "earthly happiness",
      "word": "sonas saolta"
    },
    {
      "english": "thank you",
      "translation": "thank you",
      "word": "sonas ort"
    },
    {
      "english": "happy, lucky, fortunate",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "happy, lucky, fortunate",
      "word": "sonasach"
    }
  ],
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    }
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      "form": "sonais",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a shonais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an sonas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an tsonais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an sonas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don sonas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sonas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shonas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsonas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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        "6": "",
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      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "good luck",
          "good luck"
        ],
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        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sonaíocht"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsˠɔnˠəsˠ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sonas"
}

Download raw JSONL data for sonas meaning in Irish (3.4kB)

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "sonas",
  "trace": ""
}

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

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
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