eolaí

Irish

Etymology

From eol +‎ -aí.

Pronunciation

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːlˠi/

Noun

eolaí m (genitive singular eolaí, nominative plural eolaithe)

Declension

Declension of eolaí (fourth declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	eolaí	eolaithe
vocative	a eolaí	a eolaithe
genitive	eolaí	eolaithe
dative	eolaí	eolaithe

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an t-eolaí	na heolaithe
genitive	an eolaí	na n-eolaithe
dative	leis an eolaí don eolaí	leis na heolaithe

Antonyms

aineolaí m (“ignorant, inexperienced, person”)

Derived terms

aigéaneolaí m (“oceanographer”)
aigneolaí m (“psychologist”)
algeolaí m (“algologist”)
bia-eolaí m (“dietitian”)
bitheolaí m (“biologist”)
cairdeolaí m (“cardiologist”)
cógaseolaí m (“pharmacologist”)
cróineolaí m (“chronologist”)
éaneolaí m (“ornithologist”)
éiceolaí m (“ecologist”)
eipidéimeolaí m (“epidemiologist”)
eitneolaí m (“ethnologist”)
eolaíocht f (“science”)
feithideolaí m (“entomologist”)
focleolaí m (“philologist”)
idé-eolaí m (“ideologist, ideologue”)
luibheolaí m (“botanist, herbalist”)
mianreolaí m (“mineralogist”)
néareolaí m (“neurologist”)
neifreolaí m (“nephrologist”)
oftailmeolaí m (“ophthalmologist”)
oinceolaí m (“oncologist”)
oisté-eolaí m (“osteologist”)
radharceolaí m (“optician”)
raideolaí m (“radiologist”)
réamaiteolaí m (“rheumatologist”)
reifléacseolaí m (“reflexologist”)
síceolaí m (“psychologist”)
socheolaí m (“sociologist”)
teicneolaí m (“technologist”)

Related terms

eolas m (“knowledge”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *eolaí*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eolaí	n-eolaí	heolaí	t-eolaí

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

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eolaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eólaige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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