áthas

From Old Irish áithes, áthas (“sharpness, keenness; successful feat, exploit, victory; joy”).

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːhəsˠ/
• (Aran, Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈæhəsˠ/

áthas m (genitive singular áthais)

1. joy, gladness

   Tá áthas ar an mbuachaill. ― The boy is glad.

   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 194:

     Do bhíodar sé mhí gan fille, agus nuair a chonaic Máire an t-árthach ag teacht chun cuain, bhí sceitimíní ar a croidhe le lúthgháir agus le h-áthas, ní nárbh’ iongnadh.

     They were [away] six months without returning, and when Máire saw the vessel coming to port, her heart had raptures of gladness and joy, which was not surprising.

2. Alternative form of áitheas (“success, victory”)

Used with the preposition ar (“on”) to indicate "being glad" (see usage example above).

• áthas(t)úil (“glad, joyful”, adjective)

• áthasach (“glad, joyful; successful, victorious”, adjective)

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “áithes”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, ISBN 9780901714299
• “áṫas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 19.
• "áthas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.