eól

Old Irish

Etymology

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

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

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
eól	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eól”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language