ollam

English

Noun

ollam (plural ollams)

1. Alternative form of ollamh

Anagrams

• Mallo, Molla, molal, molla

Catalan

Etymology

olla +‎ -am

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [uˈʎam]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [oˈʎam]

Noun

ollam m (plural ollams)

1. (collective) cooking pots

Further reading

• “ollam”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “ollam” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Noun

ōllam

1. accusative singular of ōlla

Old Irish

FWOTD – 28 February 2016

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈol͈aβ̃]

Etymology 1

From oll (“great, vast”) +‎ -am (occupational noun-forming suffix).

Noun

ollam m

1. A master in a particular trade or skill.
2. A professor
3. the highest rank of fili, or a title of the highest member of any group.

Inflection

Masculine n-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ollam	ollomainL	ollomain
Vocative	ollam	ollomainL	ollomanaH
Accusative	ollomainN	ollomainL	ollomanaH
Genitive	olloman	ollomanL	ollomanN
Dative	ollomainL, ollamL	ollomanaib	ollomanaib
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

• English: ollamh
• Irish: ollamh
• Manx: olloo
• Scottish Gaelic: ollamh

Etymology 2

Adjective

ollam

1. Alternative form of ellam

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ollam (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-ollam
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), “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^[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page ollamh