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aineolach
aineolach
Irish
Alternative forms
- aineolgach
- aineolgaiseach
Adjective
aineolach (genitive singular masculine aineolaigh, genitive singular feminine aineolaí, plural aineolacha, comparative aineolaí)
Declension
Declension of aineolach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | aineolach | aineolach¹ | aineolacha³ | |
| Vocative | aineolaigh¹ | aineolach¹ | aineolacha | |
| Genitive | aineolaigh¹ | aineolaí (obsolete) aineolaighe |
aineolacha | aineolach |
| Dative | aineolach² | aineolach¹ (archaic) aineolaigh¹ |
aineolacha³ | |
| Comparative | aineolaí (obsolete) aineolaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aineolach | n-aineolach | haineolach | t-aineolach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aineolach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “aineólach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish aineólach (“ignorant, unlearned, unskilled”), synchronically ain- + eòlach (“knowing, acquainted, cunning, skilled, expert; intelligent”).
Adjective
aineolach (comparative aineolaiche)
Related terms
- aineolas (“ignorance”)
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 0 901771 92 9
- “aineólach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.