áthas

See also: Athas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish áithes, áthas (“sharpness; joy”).[1] Compare aiteann (“gorse, juniper”), which could be from the same root.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

áthas m (genitive singular áthais)

  1. joy, gladness
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 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 bí + the preposition ar (“on”) to say "to be glad"; thus:
    tá áthas orm ― I am glad
    tá áthas ar an mbuachaill ― the boy is glad

Declension
Declension of áthas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative áthas
Vocative a áthais
Genitive áthais
Dative áthas

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-áthas
Genitive an áthais
Dative leis an áthas

don áthas

Derived terms

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
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “áithes”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “aitionn”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
  3. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 19
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 6

Further reading
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