different between learning vs ollamh

English

Alternative forms

• learnyng (obsolete)

Etymology

Corresponding to learn +? -ing, from Middle English lerninge, used in all modern senses (act of learning; accumulated knowledge; thing learned).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l?n??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??n??/
• Hyphenation: learn?ing
• Rhymes: -??(?)n??

Noun

learning (usually uncountable, plural learnings)

1. (uncountable) An act in which something is learned.
2. (uncountable) Accumulated knowledge.

   The department head was also a scholar of great learning.

3. (countable) Something that has been learned

Usage notes

• Countable sense “thing learned” often used in plural form learnings; see learnings: Usage notes for details.

Hyponyms

• game-based learning
• higher learning

Derived terms

• book-learning
• deep learning
• machine learning
• self-learning

Related terms

• learning by doing
• learning curve
• learning disability

Translations

Verb

learning

1. present participle of learn

   I'm learning to ride a unicycle.

See also

• Pierian spring

References

• learning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• langerin, relaning

English

Alternative forms

• ollam, ollav, ollave

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish ollamh, from Old Irish ollam (“doctor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??læv/

Noun

ollamh (plural ollamhs)

1. (historical) in Irish history, a man of science or learning, equivalent to a university professor

Anagrams

• Mohall, mollah

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ollam (“ollave; chief”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /??l???v?/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /??l??u?/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /??l??u/

Noun

ollamh m (genitive singular ollaimh, nominative plural ollúna)

1. (literary) master-poet, ollave
2. master, expert, learned man
3. (education) professor

Declension

Descendants

• ? English: ollamh

Mutation

Further reading

• "ollamh" 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) , “ollam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• (archaic) olla

Etymology

From Old Irish ollam (“ollave; chief”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l???v/

Noun

ollamh m (genitive singular ollaimh, plural ollamhan)

1. doctor
   • 1781, anon., 'Oran caisiomachd do dh'albainn, ann aghaidh an olla shasgunnaich' [Glasgow] Glas-gho : [s.n.], 5.

Usage notes

• This word is not used in the meaning "doctor of medicine" (for that meaning, dotair and lighiche are used).

Derived terms

• àrd-ollamh

References

• “ollamh” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ollam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language