eolaí

Irish

Etymology

From eol +‎ -aí.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːlˠi/

Noun

eolaí m (genitive singular eolaí, nominative plural eolaithe)

1. scientist; -logist
2. guide, guidebook
3. directory
4. tutor

Declension

Declension of eolaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative eolaí eolaithe vocative a eolaí a eolaithe genitive eolaí eolaithe dative eolaí eolaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-eolaí na heolaithe genitive an eolaí na n-eolaithe dative leis an eolaí don eolaí leis na heolaithe

Antonyms

• aineolaí m (“ignorant, inexperienced, person”)

Derived terms

• aigéaneolaí m (“oceanographer”)
• aigneolaí m (“psychologist”)
• algeolaí m (“algologist”)
• bia-eolaí m (“dietitian”)
• bitheolaí m (“biologist”)
• cairdeolaí m (“cardiologist”)
• cógaseolaí m (“pharmacologist”)
• cróineolaí m (“chronologist”)
• éaneolaí m (“ornithologist”)
• éiceolaí m (“ecologist”)
• eipidéimeolaí m (“epidemiologist”)
• eitneolaí m (“ethnologist”)
• eolaíocht f (“science”)
• feithideolaí m (“entomologist”)
• focleolaí m (“philologist”)
• idé-eolaí m (“ideologist, ideologue”)
• luibheolaí m (“botanist, herbalist”)
• mianreolaí m (“mineralogist”)
• néareolaí m (“neurologist”)
• neifreolaí m (“nephrologist”)
• oftailmeolaí m (“ophthalmologist”)
• oinceolaí m (“oncologist”)
• oisté-eolaí m (“osteologist”)
• radharceolaí m (“optician”)
• raideolaí m (“radiologist”)
• réamaiteolaí m (“rheumatologist”)
• reifléacseolaí m (“reflexologist”)
• síceolaí m (“psychologist”)
• socheolaí m (“sociologist”)
• teicneolaí m (“technologist”)

Related terms

• eolas m (“knowledge”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of eolaí

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eolaí	n-eolaí	heolaí	t-eolaí

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “eolaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “eólaige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• For speech synthesis visit 2022 Phonetics and Speech Laboratory