ollamh

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish ollamh, from Old Irish ollam (“doctor”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ollamh (plural ollamhs)

  1. (historical) In Irish history, a man of science or learning, equivalent to a university professor.

Anagrams

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ollam (“ollave; chief”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ollamh m (genitive singular ollaimh, nominative plural ollúna)

  1. (literary) master-poet, ollave
  2. master, expert, learned man
  3. (education) professor

Declension

Declension of ollamh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ollamh ollúna
Vocative a ollaimh a ollúna
Genitive ollaimh ollúna
Dative ollamh ollúna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-ollamh na hollúna
Genitive an ollaimh na n-ollúna
Dative leis an ollamh

don ollamh

leis na hollúna

Descendants

  • → English: ollamh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ollamh n-ollamh hollamh t-ollamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ollam (“ollave; chief”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ollamh m (genitive singular ollaimh, plural ollamhan)

  1. doctor

Usage notes

Derived terms

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ollamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ollam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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