ollscolaíocht

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

Related terms

• 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

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