eòlach

See also: eolach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish éolach, a regularization of Old Irish éola. By surface analysis, eòl +‎ -ach. See eòlas (“knowledge”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

eòlach (comparative nas eòlaiche, superlative as eòlaiche)

  1. acquainted with, familiar with, knowledgeable about
    Idiom: b' eòlach do sheanair air ― not in your grandfather's day; isn't that fancy; this newfangled stuff; I've never heard the like; I kent his faither (literally, “your grandfather knew about it”)

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of eòlach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
eòlach n-eòlach h-eòlach t-eòlach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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