ollav

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish ollamh, from Old Irish ollam ‘doctor’.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɒlæv/

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.
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