flaithiúnas

Irish

Alternative forms
  • flaithiúnachas, flaithiúnacht
  • flaitheamhnachas, flaitheamhnas, flaitheamhnus (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Old Irish flaithemnas.[2] By surface analysis, flaith +‎ -únas.

Noun

flaithiúnas m (genitive singular flaithiúnais, nominative plural flaithiúnais)

  1. sovereignty, kingdom, rule, realm
  2. (Christianity) Kingdom of Heaven, Heaven

Declension
Declension of flaithiúnas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative flaithiúnas flaithiúnais
Vocative a fhlaithiúnais a fhlaithiúnasa
Genitive flaithiúnais flaithiúnas
Dative flaithiúnas flaithiúnais

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an flaithiúnas na flaithiúnais
Genitive an fhlaithiúnais na bhflaithiúnas
Dative leis an bhflaithiúnas

don fhlaithiúnas

 leis na flaithiúnais

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

References
  1. “flaithiúnas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “flaithemnas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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