flaitheas

Irish

Alternative forms
  • flaitheanas, flathas
  • flaitheanus, flaithios, flathus (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish flaithius (“rule, sovereignty”).[2] By surface analysis, flaith +‎ -as.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfˠl̪ˠahəsˠ/, /ˈfˠlˠahəsˠ/[3]

Noun

flaitheas m (genitive singular flaithis, nominative plural flaithis or flaitheasa)

  1. sovereignty (supreme authority over all things), rule
  2. realm (territory or state), kingdom
  3. (often in the plural) heaven, the heavens, paradise

Declension
Declension of flaitheas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative flaitheas flaithis
Vocative a fhlaithis a fhlaitheasa
Genitive flaithis flaitheas
Dative flaitheas flaithis

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an flaitheas na flaithis
Genitive an fhlaithis na bhflaitheas
Dative leis an bhflaitheas

don fhlaitheas

 leis na flaithis

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
flaitheas fhlaitheas bhflaitheas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. “flaitheas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “flaithius”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 90, page 50

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish flaithius (“rule, sovereignty”). By surface analysis, flaith +‎ -as.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfl̪ˠaçəs̪/

Noun

flaitheas m (genitive singular flaitheis, plural flaitheasan)

  1. heaven

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
flaitheasfhlaitheas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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