ollscoil
Irish
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Etymology
From oll- (“upper, greater”) + scoil (“school”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
ollscoil f (genitive singular ollscoile, nominative plural ollscoileanna)
- university (institution of higher education)
Declension
Declension of ollscoil
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- ollscolach (“academical”)
Related terms
- ollscolaíocht f (“university education”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ollscoil | n-ollscoil | hollscoil | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ollscoil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN