parthas

Irish

Alternative forms
  • parrthas
  • parrdhas, párrdhas, parrdhus, párrthas, parrthus, párrthus, párthas, parthus, párthus (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish pardus, from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos), from Iranian.

Pronunciation

Noun

parthas m (genitive singular parthais, nominative plural parthais)

  1. paradise

Declension
Declension of parthas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative parthas parthais
Vocative a pharthais a pharthasa
Genitive parthais parthas
Dative parthas parthais

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an parthas na parthais
Genitive an pharthais na bparthas
Dative leis an bparthas

don pharthas

 leis na parthais

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

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 11

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “parthas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “paradise”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023
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