ollscolaíocht

Irish

Etymology

From oll- (“upper, greater”) +‎ scolaíocht (“schooling, school education”); compare ollscoil (“university”), from scoil (“school”).

Noun

ollscolaíocht f (genitive singular ollscolaíochta)

1. university education

Declension

Declension of ollscolaíocht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative ollscolaíocht Vocative a ollscolaíocht Genitive ollscolaíochta Dative ollscolaíocht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an ollscolaíocht Genitive na hollscolaíochta Dative leis an ollscolaíocht don ollscolaíocht

Related terms

• ollscolach (“academical; pertaining to a university or other form of higher education”, adjective)

Mutation

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

References

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