eól
Old Irish
editEtymology
editPossibly from Proto-Celtic *itlom (“directions”, literally “means for going”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editeól m (genitive eóil)
- direction, guidance
- lore, history
Inflection
editMasculine o-stem | |||
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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:
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Descendants
edit- Irish: eol
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
eól | unchanged | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
editFurther reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eól”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language