eól

Old Irish

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Celtic *itlom (“directions”, literally “means for going”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːu̯l/

Noun

eól m (genitive eóil)

  1. direction, guidance
  2. lore, history

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative eól eólL eóilL
vocative eóil eólL eóluH
accusative eólN eólL eóluH
genitive eóilL eól eólN
dative eólL eólaib eólaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: eol, iúl
  • Manx: oayll
  • Scottish Gaelic: eòl, iùl

Mutation

Mutation of eól
radical lenition nasalization
eól
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)		 eól n-eól

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

References

  1. ^ de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 302

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