ollam
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English
Noun
ollam (plural ollams)
- Alternative form of ollamh
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ollam m (plural ollams)
Further reading
- “ollam”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “ollam” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Noun
ōllam
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From oll (“great, vast”) + -am (occupational noun-forming suffix).
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
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| ollam (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | n-ollam |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “ollam”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page ollamh
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