ullamh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ellam, ullam, ollam (“quick, prompt, speedy; soon, readily; ready, prepared; finished, complete; ready (for), predisposed (to), inclined (to)”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): [ˈɔl̪ˠəvˠ]
• IPA^(key): [ˈʊl̪ˠəvˠ], [ˈʊl̪ˠuː]

Adjective

ullamh (predicative)

1. ready, willing, prompt
2. ready, prepared
3. predisposed, inclined (chun (“to”))
4. finished

Synonyms

• réidh (“ready, prepared; finished”)

Antonyms

• neamhullamh (“unprepared, unready”)

Mutation

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

References

• "ullamh" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 ellam, ullam, ollam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language