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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)
- ignorance
- Synonym: ainbhios
- inexperience
Declension
- aineolach (“ignorant, uninformed; inexperienced”, adjective)
- aineolaí m (“ignorant, inexperienced, person”)
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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aineolas
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n-aineolas
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haineolas
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t-aineolas
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aineolas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aineólas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aineolas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “aineolas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish aineólas (“ignorance”), from eólas (“knowledge”). By surface analysis, ain- + eòlas.
Noun
aineolas m (genitive singular aineolais, no plural)
- ignorance, want of knowledge, nescience, illiterateness
Mutation
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