English

Alternative forms

• ollamh
• ollave

Noun

ollav ‎(plural ollavs)

1. In Irish history, a man of science or learning, equivalent to a university professor
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:

     Glittereyed, his rufous skull close to his greencapped desklamp sought the face, bearded amid darkgreener shadow, an ollav, holyeyed.