"sona" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See sona in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [sɔnə] Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], sona [mutation, mutation-radical], shona [lenition, mutation], after "an" [lenition, mutation], t-sona [lenition, mutation]
Etymology: From Old Irish sonae. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|sonae}} Old Irish sonae Head templates: {{head|gd|adjective}} sona
  1. happy
    Sense id: en-sona-gd-adj-SJ9xnK35 Categories (other): Happiness Disambiguation of Happiness: 70 30
  2. fortunate, lucky
    Sense id: en-sona-gd-adj-ayncezSk Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cho sona ri bròg, co-latha breith sona
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cho sona ri bròg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "co-latha breith sona"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "sonae"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish sonae",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish sonae.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sona",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shona",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "after \"an\"",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "t-sona",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "sona",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Happiness",
          "orig": "gd:Happiness",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I’m as happy as a shoe!",
          "text": "Tha mi cho sona ri bròig!",
          "translation": "I’m as happy as a shoe!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "happy"
      ],
      "id": "en-sona-gd-adj-SJ9xnK35",
      "links": [
        [
          "happy",
          "happy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fortunate, lucky"
      ],
      "id": "en-sona-gd-adj-ayncezSk",
      "links": [
        [
          "fortunate",
          "fortunate"
        ],
        [
          "lucky",
          "lucky"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sɔnə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sona"
}
{
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    "Pages with 31 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Scottish Gaelic adjectives",
    "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "gd:Happiness"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cho sona ri bròg"
    },
    {
      "word": "co-latha breith sona"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "sonae"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish sonae",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish sonae.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sona",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shona",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "after \"an\"",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "t-sona",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "sona",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I’m as happy as a shoe!",
          "text": "Tha mi cho sona ri bròig!",
          "translation": "I’m as happy as a shoe!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "happy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "happy",
          "happy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fortunate, lucky"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fortunate",
          "fortunate"
        ],
        [
          "lucky",
          "lucky"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sɔnə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sona"
}

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