olann

See also: ólann

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish olann, from Proto-Celtic *ulanā, a sandhi variant of *wlanā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (compare Welsh gwlân, Breton gloan, Cornish gwlan, Gaulish *wlanā (“wool”)).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɞl̪ˠən̪ˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɔlˠən̪ˠ/, /ˈɔl̪ˠən̪ˠ/

Noun

olann f (genitive singular olla, nominative plural olanna)

1. wool
2. woolly hair, mop of hair

Declension

Declension of olann

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative olann olanna Vocative a olann a olanna Genitive olla olann Dative olann olanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an olann na holanna Genitive na holla na n-olann Dative leis an olann don olann leis na holanna

Derived terms

• búilleadh olla (“fixing wool for dyeing”)
• carda olla (“card for combing wool”)
• cardáil olla (“wool-carding”)
• cíomáil olla (“wool-combing”)
• cíoradh olla (“wool-combing”)
• cosamar olla (“wool combings”)
• déantúis olla (“woollen manufactures”)
• duailín olla (“lock of wool”)
• dual olla (“tuft of wool”)
• éadach olla (“woollen cloth”)
• fás olla (“a growth of wool”)
• giobarsach olla (“sparse wool”)
• glaise olla (“greyness of wool”)
• goine olla (“wool waste”)
• loca olla (“lock of wool; wad (of wool)”)
• mála olla (“woolsack”)
• margadh olla (“wool-market, wool-hall”)
• muileann olla (“woollen-mill”)
• olanda (“woolly”)
• olann chadáis f (“cotton-wool”)
• olannacht (“woolliness”)
• olanntáirgeach (“wool-bearing”)
• paca olla (“woolsack”)
• rascalach olla (“coarse wool”)
• ribe olla (“shred of wool”)
• ribeog olla (“tuft of wool”)
• rollóg olla (“roll of wool”)
• ruainneog olla (“little tuft of wool”)
• slám olla (“lock of wool”)
• snáithe olla (“wool thread”)
• snáth olla (“woollen yarn”)
• trádáil olla (“wool-trade”)
• tuirne olla (“woolwheel”)
• úr olla (“wool-grease”)
• úsc olla (“wool-fat, lanolin”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
olann	n-olann	holann	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “olann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ulanā, a sandhi variant of *wlanā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈolan͈/

Noun

olann f (genitive ollnae, no plural)

1. wool
   • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 1025

     oland .i. uile-findfad

     wool, that is, all-hair

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	olannL, oland	—	—
Vocative	olannL, oland	—	—
Accusative	olainnN, olaind	—	—
Genitive	ollnaeH	—	—
Dative	olainnL, olaind	—	—
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• ollach (“wooly”)

Descendants

• Irish: olann
• Scottish Gaelic: olann
• Manx: ollan

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
olann (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-olann
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), “olann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish olann, from Proto-Celtic *ulanā, a sandhi variant of *wlanā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔl̪ˠən̪ˠ/

Noun

olann f (genitive singular olainn)

1. wool

   Synonym: clòimh

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
olann	n-olann	h-olann	t-olann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “olann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “olann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language