ollam
English
Noun
ollam (plural ollams)
- Alternative form of ollamh
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) ōllam
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Etymology 2
Adjective
ollam
- Alternative form of ellam
Mutation
| 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
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ollam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 ellam, ullam, ollam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language