aineolas

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aineólas (“ignorance”), from eólas (“knowledge”). By surface analysis, ain- +‎ eolas (“knowledge”).

Noun

aineolas m (genitive singular aineolais)

  1. ignorance
    Synonym: ainbhios
  2. inexperience

Declension

Declension of aineolas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative aineolas
Vocative a aineolais
Genitive aineolais
Dative aineolas

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an t-aineolas
Genitive an aineolais
Dative leis an aineolas

don aineolas

  • aineolach (“ignorant, uninformed; inexperienced”, adjective)
  • aineolaí m (“ignorant, inexperienced, person”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aineolas n-aineolas haineolas t-aineolas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aineólas (“ignorance”), from eólas (“knowledge”). By surface analysis, ain- +‎ eòlas.

Noun

aineolas m (genitive singular aineolais, no plural)

  1. ignorance, want of knowledge, nescience, illiterateness

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aineolas n-aineolas h-aineolas t-aineolas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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