eolas

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See also: eòlas

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish eólas, from Old Irish eulas m (“knowledge, information”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

eolas m (genitive singular eolais)

  1. knowledge, understanding
  2. acquaintance, familiarity
    Tá eolas agam ar an áit seo.
    I am familiar with, am acquainted with, this place.
  3. information

Declension

Declension of eolas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative eolas
vocative a eolais
genitive eolais
dative eolas
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an t-eolas
genitive an eolais
dative leis an eolas
don eolas

Synonyms

  • (knowledge, information): fios

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of eolas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eolas n-eolas heolas t-eolas

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eólas, eulas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 89

Further reading

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

ēolas

  1. nominative and accusative plural of eolh
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