ollscolaíocht

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Irish

Etymology

From oll- (“upper, greater”) +‎ scolaíocht (“schooling, school education”); compare ollscoil (“university”), from scoil (“school”).

Noun

ollscolaíocht f (genitive singular ollscolaíochta)

  1. university education

Declension

Declension of ollscolaíocht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative ollscolaíocht
vocative a ollscolaíocht
genitive ollscolaíochta
dative ollscolaíocht
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an ollscolaíocht
genitive na hollscolaíochta
dative leis an ollscolaíocht
don ollscolaíocht
  • ollscolach (“academical; pertaining to a university or other form of higher education”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ollscolaíocht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ollscolaíocht n-ollscolaíocht hollscolaíocht not applicable

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

References

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