aineolas

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, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative aineolas
vocative a aineolais
genitive aineolais
dative aineolas
forms with the definite article
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

Mutated forms of aineolas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aineolas n-aineolas haineolas t-aineolas

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

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
  • aineol (foreigner, stranger; state of unfamiliarity/unacquaintance)
  • aineolach (ignorant)

Mutation

Mutation of aineolas
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aineolas n-aineolas h-aineolas t-aineolas

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “aineolas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 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