eolach

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See also: eòlach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish éolach,[2] an extension of Old Irish éola. By surface analysis, eol +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

eolach

  1. acquainted with, familiar with, knowledgeable about

Declension

Declension of eolach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative eolach eolach eolacha
vocative eolaigh eolacha
genitive eolaí eolacha eolach
dative eolach eolach;
eolaigh (archaic) 		eolacha
Comparative níos eolaí
Superlative is eolaí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of eolach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eolach n-eolach heolach not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “eolach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “éolach, éulach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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