eòlas

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See also: eolas

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish eólas, eulas m (“knowledge, information, especially knowledge gained by experience or practice, acquaintance”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jɔːl̪ˠəs̪/
(South Uist, Barra) IPA^(key): ^[2]^[3]

Noun

eòlas m (genitive singular eòlais, plural eòlasan)

Derived terms

aineolas m (“ignorance, want of knowledge, nescience, illiterateness”)
ainmh-eòlas m (“zoology”)
bith-eòlas m (“biology”)
daonn-eòlas m (“anthropology”)
eòlas-inntinn m (“psychology”)
eòlas-leighis m (“medicine”)
eòlas-nimh m (“toxicology”)
eòlas-talmhainn m (“geology”)
eun-eòlas m (“ornithology”)
gnàth-eòlas (“experience”)
luibh-eòlas m (“botany”)
reul-eòlas m (“astronomy”)
teicneolas m (“technology”)

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eólas, eulas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

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