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ollscolach
ollscolach
Irish
Adjective
ollscolach (genitive singular masculine ollscolaigh, genitive singular feminine ollscolaí, plural ollscolacha)
- academical (pertaining to a university or other form of higher education)
Declension
Declension of ollscolach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | ollscolach | ollscolach¹ | ollscolacha³ | |
| Vocative | ollscolaigh¹ | ollscolach¹ | ollscolacha | |
| Genitive | ollscolaigh¹ | ollscolaí (obsolete) ollscolaighe |
ollscolacha | ollscolach |
| Dative | ollscolach² | ollscolach¹ (archaic) ollscolaigh¹ |
ollscolacha³ | |
| Comparative | ollscolaí (obsolete) ollscolaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- ollscolaíocht f (“university education”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ollscolach | n-ollscolach | hollscolach | t-ollscolach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ollscolach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.