ollam
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
ollam (plural ollams)
- Alternative form of ollamh
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
ōllam
Old Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From oll (“great, vast”)
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
| Masculine n-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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[edit]
- ollam brithem (“the highest rank of judge”)
- ollam rí (“the highest rank of king”)
- ollam fodla (“great teacher”)
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ollam
- Alternative form of ellam
Mutation[edit]
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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[edit]
- 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