eòlas
See also: eolas
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish eólas, eulas m (“knowledge, information, especially knowledge gained by experience or practice, acquaintance”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editeòlas m (genitive singular eòlais, plural eòlasan)
- knowledge, comprehension, discernment
- science, information, -ology
- familiarity, acquaintance, experience
- incantation
Derived terms
edit- aineolas m (“ignorance, want of knowledge, nescience, illiterateness”)
- ainmh-eòlas m (“zoology”)
- bith-eòlas m (“biology”)
- daonn-eòlas m (“anthropology”)
- eòlas-inntinn m (“psychology”)
- eòlas-leighis m (“medicine”)
- eòlas-nimh m (“toxicology”)
- eòlas-talmhainn m (“geology”)
- eun-eòlas m (“ornithology”)
- gnàth-eòlas (“experience”)
- luibh-eòlas m (“botany”)
- reul-eòlas m (“astronomy”)
- teicneolas m (“technology”)
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eólas, eulas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap