oiliúint

Irish

Alternative forms

• oileamhaint (superseded)
• oiliúin, oilíocht

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Old Irish ailemain, oilemain f (“act of rearing, fostering; fosterage, education; nourishment; regimen, diet”), a late verbal noun of ailid, oilid (“nourishes, rears, fosters”).

Noun

oiliúint f (genitive singular oiliúna)

1. verbal noun of oil (“nourish, rear, foster; train, educate”)
2. nutrition, nourishment
3. nurture, upbringing, fostering care
4. training, coaching

Declension

Declension of oiliúint

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative oiliúint Vocative a oiliúint Genitive oiliúna Dative oiliúint

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an oiliúint Genitive na hoiliúna Dative leis an oiliúint don oiliúint

Derived terms

• cluasoiliúint f (“aural training, ear training”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

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