ollscoil

Irish

ollscoil

Etymology

From oll- (“upper, greater”) +‎ scoil (“school”).

Pronunciation

• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɔl̪ˠˌsˠkɔlʲ/, [ˈɔl̪ˠˌsˠkɞlʲ]

Noun

ollscoil f (genitive singular ollscoile, nominative plural ollscoileanna)

1. university (institution of higher education)

Declension

Declension of ollscoil

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ollscoil ollscoileanna Vocative a ollscoil a ollscoileanna Genitive ollscoile ollscoileanna Dative ollscoil ollscoileanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ollscoil na hollscoileanna Genitive na hollscoile na n-ollscoileanna Dative leis an ollscoil don ollscoil leis na hollscoileanna

Derived terms

• ollscolach (“academical”)

Related terms

• ollscolaíocht f (“university education”)

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ollscoil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN