aineoil
Irish
Alternative forms
- ainiúil
Etymology
From Old Irish aineóil (“unknown, strange, unfamiliar”), from the genitive form of aineól (“ignorance”), prefixed form of eól (“knowledge; acquaintance; experience (in), skill”).
Adjective
aineoil
- (attributive) unknown, strange, untravelled, untrodden
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| aineoil | n-aineoil | haineoil | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "aineoil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “aineóil” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.