eól

Old Irish

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Celtic *itlom (“directions”, literally “means for going”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːu̯l/

Noun

eól m (genitive eóil)

1. direction, guidance
2. lore, history

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	eól	eólL	eóilL
vocative	eóil	eólL	eóluH
accusative	eólN	eólL	eóluH
genitive	eóilL	eól	eólN
dative	eólL	eólaib	eólaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: eol

Mutation

Mutation of eól

radical	lenition	nasalization
eól	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eól”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language