ól

ól

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ol"

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoːl]

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Noun

ól (plural ólak)

1. sty (for pigs)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ól	ólak
accusative	ólat	ólakat
dative	ólnak	ólaknak
instrumental	óllal	ólakkal
causal-final	ólért	ólakért
translative	óllá	ólakká
terminative	ólig	ólakig
essive-formal	ólként	ólakként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	ólban	ólakban
superessive	ólon	ólakon
adessive	ólnál	ólaknál
illative	ólba	ólakba
sublative	ólra	ólakra
allative	ólhoz	ólakhoz
elative	ólból	ólakból
delative	ólról	ólakról
ablative	óltól	ólaktól

Possessive forms of ól
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	ólam	óljaim
2nd person sing.	ólad	óljaid
3rd person sing.	ólja	óljai
1st person plural	ólunk	óljaink
2nd person plural	ólatok	óljaitok
3rd person plural	óljuk	óljaik

Derived terms

• disznóól

References

1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ouːl/
• Rhymes: -ouːl

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ál, from Proto-Germanic *anhulō

Noun

ól f (genitive singular ólar, nominative plural ólar)

1. leather belt or strap

Declension

declension of ól

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ól	ólin	ólar	ólarnar
accusative	ól	ólina	ólar	ólarnar
dative	ól	ólinni	ólum	ólunum
genitive	ólar	ólarinnar	óla	ólanna

Etymology 2

Inflected form of ala (“to bear”).

Verb

ól

1. first-person singular preterite of ala
2. third-person singular preterite of ala

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish ól, from Proto-Celtic *ɸotlom from Proto-Indo-European *péh₃tlom (whence also Latin pōculum (“drinking cup”) and Sanskrit पात्र (pātra, “drinking vesel”)), from *peh₃-.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): [oːl̪ˠ]
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): [oːl]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): [ɔːl̪ˠ]

Verb

ól (present analytic ólann, future analytic ólfaidh, verbal noun ól, past participle ólta)

1. drink

Inflection

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	ólaim	ólann tú; ólair†	ólann sé, sí	ólaimid	ólann sibh	ólann siad; ólaid†	a ólann; a ólas / a n-ólann*; a n-ólas*	óltar
	past	d'ól mé; d'ólas / ól mé‡; ólas‡	d'ól tú; d'ólais / ól tú; ólais‡	d'ól sé, sí / ól sé, sí‡	d'ólamar; d'ól muid / ólamar; ól muid‡	d'ól sibh; d'ólabhair / ól sibh; ólabhair‡	d'ól siad; d'óladar / ól siad; óladar‡	a d'ól / ar ól*	óladh; hóladh†
	past habitual	d'ólainn / ólainn‡	d'óltá / óltá‡	d'óladh sé, sí / óladh sé, sí‡	d'ólaimis; d'óladh muid / ólaimis; óladh muid‡	d'óladh sibh / óladh sibh‡	d'ólaidís; d'óladh siad / ólaidís; óladh siad‡	a d'óladh / ar óladh*	d'óltaí / óltaí‡
	future	ólfaidh mé; ólfad	ólfaidh tú; ólfair†	ólfaidh sé, sí	ólfaimid; ólfaidh muid	ólfaidh sibh	ólfaidh siad; ólfaid†	a ólfaidh; a ólfas / a n-ólfaidh*; a n-ólfas*	ólfar
conditional		d'ólfainn / ólfainn‡; n-ólfainn‡‡	d'ólfá / ólfá‡; n-ólfᇇ	d'ólfadh sé, sí / ólfadh sé, sí‡; n-ólfadh sé, s퇇	d'ólfaimis; d'ólfadh muid / ólfaimis‡; ólfadh muid‡; n-ólfaimis‡‡; n-ólfadh muid‡‡	d'ólfadh sibh / ólfadh sibh‡; n-ólfadh sibh‡‡	d'ólfaidís; d'ólfadh siad / ólfaidís‡; ólfadh siad‡; n-ólfaidís‡‡; n-ólfadh siad‡‡	a d'ólfadh / ar ólfadh*	d'ólfaí / ólfaí‡; n-ólfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go n-óla mé; go n-ólad†	go n-óla tú; go n-ólair†	go n-óla sé, sí	go n-ólaimid; go n-óla muid	go n-óla sibh	go n-óla siad; go n-ólaid†	—	go n-óltar
	past	dá n-ólainn	dá n-óltá	dá n-óladh sé, sí	dá n-ólaimis; dá n-óladh muid	dá n-óladh sibh	dá n-ólaidís; dá n-óladh siad	—	dá n-óltaí
imperative		ólaim	ól	óladh sé, sí	ólaimis	ólaigí; ólaidh†	ólaidís	—	óltar
verbal noun		ól
past participle		ólta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡ Dependent form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Noun

ól m (genitive singular óil)

1. verbal noun of ól
2. drinking

Declension

Declension of ól

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative ól Vocative a óil Genitive óil Dative ól

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-ól Genitive an óil Dative leis an ól don ól

Synonyms

• ólachán

Derived terms

• corn óil m (“drinking-horn”)
• ragús óil m (“binge drinking”)
• teach óil m (“tavern, pub”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ól	n-ól	hól	t-ól
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "ól" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “ól” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Limburgish

Noun

ól m

1. baby (a little child)
2. (obsolete) beer

Inflection

Inflection

	Root singular	Root plural	Diminutive singular	Diminutive plural
Nominative	ól	óle	ölke	ölkes
Genitive	óls	óle	ölkes	ölkes
Locative	ólles	ólleser	ólleske	ólleskes
Dative¹	?	?	?	?
Accusative¹	?	?	?	?

• Dative and accusative are nowadays obsolete, use nominative instead.

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸotlom from Proto-Indo-European *péh₃tlom (whence also Latin pōculum (“drinking cup”) and Sanskrit पात्र (pātra, “drinking vessel”)) from *peh₃-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːl/

Noun

ól m (genitive óil or óla)

1. verbal noun of ibid
2. drinking (especially liquor)
3. draught

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• tech n-óil (“drinking house”)

Descendants

• Irish: ól
• Manx: oyl
• Scottish Gaelic: òl

Noun

ól n or m

1. a measure of capacity used for liquids

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
ól	unchanged	n-ól
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “ól” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.