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solas

See also: SOLAS, Solas, Solás, Solås, solás, sòlas, and sólás

Galician

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Verb

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solas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of solar

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish solus (“light”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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solas m (genitive singular solais, nominative plural soilse)

  1. light
  2. brightness, illumination
  3. light-giving device, lamp
  4. flame
  5. enlightenment, insight; revelation, disclosure
  6. light of existence
  7. vision
  8. self-interest; limelight

Declension

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Declension of solas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative solas soilse
Vocative a sholais a shoilse
Genitive solais soilse
Dative solas soilse

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an solas na soilse
Genitive an tsolais na soilse
Dative leis an solas

don solas

leis na soilse

Derived terms

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Collocations

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light
  • solas na gréine ― sunlight
  • solas na gealaí ― moonlight
  • solas na réaltaí ― starlight
  • solas coinnle ― candlelight
  • solas lampa ― lamplight
  • solas tóirse ― torchlight
  • solas (na) tine ― (the) firelight
  • solas leictreachais ― electric light
  • solas an lae ― daylight
  • solas sráide ― streetlight
  • solas comharthaíochta ― signalling light
  • solas treorach ― navigation light
  • solas tuirlingthe ― landing light
  • soilse cuain ― harbour lights

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
solas sholas
after an, tsolas 		not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “solus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 38

Further reading

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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sōlās

  1. accusative feminine plural of sōlus

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin sōlācium.

Noun

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solas oblique singular, ? (oblique plural solas, nominative singular solas, nominative plural solas)

  1. joy; pleasure; enjoyment

Descendants

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  • French: soulas (archaic)
  • → English: solace
  • → Irish: sólás
  • → Middle Dutch: solas
  • → Scottish Gaelic: sòlas

Portuguese

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Noun

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solas

  1. plural of sola

Verb

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solas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of solar

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish solus, from Old Irish solus. Cognate with Irish solas and Manx sollys.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈs̪ɔl̪ˠəs̪/
  • Hyphenation: so‧las

Noun

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solas m (genitive singular solais, plural solasan or solais)

  1. light

Declension

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Declension of solas (type I masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative solas solasan
Genitive solais sholasan
Dative solas solasan; solasaibh✝
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) solas (na) solasan
Genitive (an) t-solais (nan) solasan
Dative (an) t-solas (na) solasan; solasaibh✝
Vocative sholais sholasan

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of solas
radical lenition
solas sholas
after "an", t-solas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “solas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Colin Mark (2003) “solas”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 541
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “solus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsolas/ [ˈso.las]
  • Rhymes: -olas
  • Syllabification: so‧las

Adjective

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solas

  1. feminine plural of solo
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