ol

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ol"

English

Adjective

ol (not comparable)

Nonstandard form of old.

Anagrams

'lo, LO, Lo, lo

Azerbaijani

Verb

ol

second-person singular imperative of olmaq

Pronoun

ol

Obsolete form of o (“he, she, it”).

Bislama

Etymology

From English all. Cognate with Tok Pisin ol.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈol/
Hyphenation: ol

Pronoun

ol

Synonym of olgeta

Usage notes

Ol can only be used as an object to a verb or preposition. In all other positions, only olgeta is used.

Particle

ol

Indicates the plural of the following noun; -s

References

Terry Crowley (2004) Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi press, →ISBN, pages 29, 46

Esperanto

Etymology

From German als.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ol/
Audio: (file)

Conjunction

ol

than
Ŝi estas pli bela ol li.
She is prettier than him.
La vulpo estas pli granda ol la kapro.
The fox is bigger than the goat.

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ol/, /ɔl/

Pronoun

ol (plural oli, possessive olua, possessive plural olui)

Apocopic form of olu; it, that

Maia

Adverb

ol

sweet

Middle English

Noun

ol (plural oles)

Alternative form of hole (“hole”)

Adjective

ol

Alternative form of hole (“healthy, whole”)

Noun

ol (uncountable)

Alternative form of oile (“oil”)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Turkish yol (“way, road”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oːl/

Noun

ol f

religion
group

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ol m (definite singular olen, indefinite plural oler, definite plural olene)

alternative form of ole

Verb

ol

(non-standard since 2005) past tense of ale

References

“ol” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ól, ál.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uːl/, /uːɽ/
Homophone: ord (some dialects)

Noun

ol f (definite singular ola, indefinite plural oler, definite plural olene)

a leather strap
Synonym: skinnreim

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ǫl.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oːl/, /oːɽ/

Noun

ol n (definite singular olet, indefinite plural ol, definite plural ola)

(rare) Alternative form of øl (“beer, ale”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uːɽ/

Noun

ol n (definite singular ole, indefinite plural ol, definite plural ola)

(eye dialect spelling, Trøndelag, Eastern Norway) Alternative spelling of ord (“word”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uːl/, /uːɽ/
Homophone: ord (some dialects)

Verb

ol

past tense of ala
past tense of elja

References

“ol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

LO, lo, OL, o.l.

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Kortlandt believes this particle to be a contraction of a Proto-Celtic phrase beginning with *ol est. In particular, he derives the inflected form olsí from a contraction of a Proto-Celtic phrase *ol est ēgt, with *ēgt deriving from *h₁eǵ- (“to say”). Its ending was reinterpreted as the feminine singular pronoun sí, giving rise to the analogical masculine form olsé.[1]

Alternative forms

ar

Particle

ol

(quotative) says, said
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 31^c14
  “A n-atamm·res-⟨s⟩a,” ol Día.
  “When I shall arise,” says God.

Usage notes

This particle is used after or interrupting a quotation, either in an inflected form or followed by the identity of who is speaking.

Inflection

This particle inflects similarly to a preposition, but for pronominal gender and number only.

Masculine singular: olsé
Feminine singular: olsí
Plural: olseat

Descendants

Middle Irish: ol, ar, or, for, bar
- Irish: ar

Alternative forms

al

Conjunction

ol

because, since
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 56^c17
  ol is lond
  because he is angry (glossing Latin commotus est)

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:sga:ar for synonyms.

References

Kortlandt, Frederik (1996), “Old Irish ol ‘inquit’”, in Études Celtiques, volume 32, pages 143–45

Romanian

Noun

ol n (plural oale)

Alternative form of oală

Declension

Declension of ol

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ol	olul	(niște) oale	oalele
genitive/dative	(unui) ol	olului	(unor) oale	oalelor
vocative	olule		oalelor

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *olъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /óːl/, /óːʋ/

Noun

ọ̑l or ọ̑ł m inan

(obsolete) beer

Inflection

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	ól
gen. sing.	óla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	ól	óla	óli
genitive (rodȋlnik)	óla	ólov	ólov
dative (dajȃlnik)	ólu	óloma	ólom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	ól	óla	óle
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	ólu	ólih	ólih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	ólom	óloma	óli

Synonyms

pívo

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

From English all.

Pronoun

ol

The third-person plural pronoun (Tok Pisin does not inflect pronouns for cases): they, them.
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:22:
  Na God i mekim gutpela tok bilong givim strong long ol. Em i tokim ol olsem, “Yupela ol kain kain samting bilong solwara, yupela i mas kamap planti na pulapim olgeta hap bilong solwara. Na yupela ol pisin, yupela i mas kamap planti long graun.”
  →New International Version translation

Particle

ol

Indicates plural of the following noun
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:20:
  Bihain God i tok olsem, “Solwara i mas pulap long ol kain kain samting i gat laip. Na ol pisin i mas kamap na flai nabaut long skai.”
  →New International Version translation

Torres Strait Creole

Pronoun

ol

they, them (more than three; indefinite)

Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈol/
Hyphenation: ol

Verb

ol

second-person singular imperative of olmak
sessiz ol! - be quiet!

Turkmen

Alternative forms

o

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ol. Cognate with Ottoman Turkish اول‎ (ol), Kazakh ол (ol), Kyrgyz ал (al), etc.

Pronoun

ol

(personal) she, he, it, that

Declension

Declension of ol

	singular	plural
nominative	ol	olar
accusative	ony	olary
genitive	onuň	olaryň
dative	oňa	olara
locative	onda	olarda
ablative	ondan	olardan

Volapük

Pronoun

ol (plural ols)

you (singular, subjective)

Declension

declension of ol

	singular	plural
nominative	ol	ols
genitive	ola	olas
dative	ole	oles
accusative	oli	olis

[1] Kortlandt, Frederik (1996), “Old Irish ol ‘inquit’”, in Études Celtiques, volume 32, pages 143–45

ol

English

Adjective

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Azerbaijani

Verb

Pronoun

Bislama

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Usage notes

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Particle

References

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Conjunction

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Ido

Pronunciation

Pronoun

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Maia

Adverb

Middle English

Noun

Adjective

Noun

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

Verb

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Pronunciation

Noun

Pronunciation

Verb

References

Anagrams

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Particle

Usage notes

Inflection

Descendants

See also

Further reading

Alternative forms

Conjunction

Synonyms

Further reading

References

Romanian

Noun

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Synonyms

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Pronoun

See also

Particle

Torres Strait Creole