solas

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

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish solus (“light”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsˠɔl̪ˠəsˠ/
  • (Connacht, Ulster, also) IPA(key): /ˈsˠɔlˠəsˠ/

Noun

solas m (genitive singular solais, nominative plural soilse)

  1. 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
  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
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
  • cipín solais (“match”)
  • Claíomh Solais (“Sword of Light”)
  • idir an dá sholas (“at twilight”)
  • solas na súl (“eyesight”)
  • solas tráchta (“traffic light”)
  • solasach (“bright, luminous; clear, lucid”)
  • solasbhliain f (“light-year”)
  • solasdíonach (“lightproof”, adjective)
  • solasmhar (“bright, luminous; clear, lucid”)
  • solasta (“bright, luminous; clear, lucid”)
  • teach solais (“lighthouse”)

Mutation
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.

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

sōlās

  1. accusative feminine plural of sōlus

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin sōlācium.

Noun

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

  1. joy; pleasure; enjoyment

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

Portuguese

Noun

solas

  1. plural of sola

Verb

solas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of solar

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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

  1. light

Declension
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 (a) sholais (a) sholasan

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
solassholas
after "an", t-solas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “solas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Colin Mark (2003), “solas”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 541
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “solus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

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

Adjective

solas

  1. feminine plural of solo
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