ollam
English
Noun
ollam (plural ollams)
- Alternative form of ollamh
Anagrams
- Mallo, Molla, molal, molla
Latin
Noun
ōllam
- accusative singular of ōlla
Old Irish
FWOTD – 28 February 2016
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈol͈aṽ/
Etymology 1
From oll (“great, vast”).
Noun
ollam m
- A master in a particular trade or skill.
- A professor
- the highest rank of fili, or a title of the highest member of any group.
Inflection
Masculine n-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | ollam | ollomainL | ollomain |
Vocative | ollam | ollomainL | ollomanaH |
Accusative | ollomainN | ollomainL | ollomanaH |
Genitive | olloman | ollomanL | ollomanN |
Dative | ollomainL, ollamL | ollomanaib | ollomanaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
- ollam brithem (“the highest rank of judge”)
- ollam rí (“the highest rank of king”)
- ollam fodla (“great teacher”)
Descendants
- English: ollav
- Irish: ollamh
- Manx: olloo
- Scottish Gaelic: ollamh
Adjective
ollam
- Alternative form of ellam
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
ollam | unchanged | n-ollam |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ollam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 ellam, ullam, ollam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “ollam”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page ollamh