ollscolach

Irish

Etymology

From ollscoil (“university”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

ollscolach (genitive singular masculine ollscolaigh, genitive singular feminine ollscolaí, plural ollscolacha, comparative ollscolaí)

1. academical (pertaining to a university or other form of higher education)

   Synonym: coláisteach

Declension

Declension of ollscolach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ollscolach	ollscolach	ollscolacha
Vocative	ollscolaigh		ollscolacha
Genitive		ollscolaí	ollscolacha	ollscolach
Dative	ollscolach	ollscolach; ollscolaigh (archaic)	ollscolacha
Comparative	níos ollscolaí
Superlative	is ollscolaí

Related terms

• ollscolaíocht f (“university education”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ollscolach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ollscolach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm