aineolas

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish aineólas (ignorance), from eólas (knowledge). Synchronically, ain- + eolas (knowledge)

Noun

aineolas m (genitive singular aineolais)

  1. ignorance; inexperience

Declension

Synonyms

  • aineolach (ignorant, uninformed; inexperienced, adj)
  • aineolaí m (ignorant, inexperienced, person)

Mutation

Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
aineolas n-aineolas haineolas t-aineolas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish aineólas (ignorance), from eólas (knowledge). Synchronically, ain- + eòlas.

Noun

aineolas m (genitive singular aineolais, no plural)

  1. ignorance, want of knowledge, nescience, illiterateness

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • aineólas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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