eolas

See also: eòlas

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish eólas, from Old Irish eulas m (“knowledge, information, especially knowledge gained by experience or practice, acquaintance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːlˠəsˠ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːlˠəsˠ/

Noun

eolas m (genitive singular eolais)

1. knowledge
   1. range of knowledge
   2. practical understanding, comprehension, discernment
   3. close acquaintance, familiarity, experience

      Tá eolas agam ar an áit seo.

      I am familiar with, am acquainted with, this place.

   4. information, science, -ology
   5. knowledge of etiquette
2. knowledge of ways; direction, guidance

1. incantation

Declension

Declension of eolas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative eolas Vocative a eolais Genitive eolais Dative eolas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-eolas Genitive an eolais Dative leis an eolas don eolas

Synonyms

• (knowledge, information): fios

Derived terms

• aiseolas (“feedback”)
• bileog eolais f (“fact sheet”)
• craobh eolais, cuaille eolais, maide eolais (“signpost”)
• do-eolais (“unknown, uncharted”, adjective)
• eolas gintlí (“heathen lore; sorcery”)
• eolas imshaoil (“environmental studies”)
• foinse eolais (“well of knowledge; source of information”)
• méar eolais (“finger-post”)
• réalta eolais (“guiding star, lodestar”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eolas	n-eolas	heolas	t-eolas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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