olema

English

Noun

olema (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of ulema.
    • 1885, the land of Egypt was ruled by a Sultan endowed with justice and generosity, one who loved the pious poor and companied with the Olema and learned men — Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Night 20)

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Estonian

Etymology

From the same Uralic root *wole- as Finnish olla and Hungarian volt.

Verb

olema (da-infinitive olla)

  1. to be

Conjugation

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