àrd-ollamh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

àrd- +‎ ollamh

Noun

àrd-ollamh m (genitive singular àrd-ollaimh, plural àrd-ollamhan)

1. professor
   • 2010, Gillian Munro & Iain Mac an Tàilleir, Coimhearsnachd na Gàidhlig an-diugh/ Gaelic Communities Today, Dunedin Academic Press, p.xi:

     ...òraid bhon Àrd-ollamh James Hunter.

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Usage notes

• Used in the British sense of the word professor, that is, a head of a department.