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ollamh

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See also: Ollamh

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ollamh (plural ollamhs)

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

Anagrams

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ollam (ollave; chief).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ollamh m (genitive singular ollaimh, nominative plural ollúna)

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

Declension

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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

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  • English: ollamh

Mutation

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Mutated forms of ollamh
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ollamh n-ollamh hollamh t-ollamh

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

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ollam (ollave; chief).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ollamh m (genitive singular ollaimh, plural ollamhan)

  1. doctor

Usage notes

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “ollamh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 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