толь

толь

Kalmyk

From Written Oirat ᡐᡆᠯᡅ (toli), from Proto-Mongolic *toli. Cognate with Buryat толи (toli), Mongolian толь (tolʹ), etc.

Semantic loan from Literary Chinese 鑑 in sense ‘dictionary’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tolʲ/

Noun

толь • (tolĭ)

1. mirror
2. dictionary

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Mongolian

Mongolian	Cyrillic
ᠲᠣᠯᠢ (toli)	толь (tolʹ)

Etymology

From Classical Mongolian ᠲᠣᠯᠢ (toli), from Middle Mongol [Term?], from Proto-Mongolic *toli. Cognate with Khamnigan Mongol толи (toli), Buryat толи (toli), Kalmyk толь (tolĭ), Daur toly, East Yugur tooli, etc.

The Classical Mongolian term ᠲᠣᠯᠢ
ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭ (toli bičig, “dictionary”, literally “mirror book”) was a semantic loan from Literary Chinese 鑑 (“mirror; dictionary”), and apparently might be also calqued from Manchu ᠪᡠᠯᡝᡴᡠ
ᠪᡳᡨ᠌ᡥᡝ (“dictionary”, literally “mirror book”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰœɮ/
• Hyphenation: толь

Noun

толь • (tolʹ); (hidden-n declension)

1. mirror
2. short for толь бичиг (tolʹ bičig, “dictionary”)

Declension

Declension of толь (о-harmonic hidden-n ууд-pl) 

attributive	толин tolin
	singular / indefinite	definite plural
nominative	толь tolʹ	толинууд tolinuud
genitive	толины toliny	толинуудын tolinuudyn
accusative	толийг toliig	толинуудыг tolinuudyg
dative-locative	толинд tolind	толинуудад tolinuudad
ablative	толиноос tolinoos	толинуудаас tolinuudaas
instrumental	толиор tolior	толинуудаар tolinuudaar
comitative	тольтой tolʹtoj	толинуудтай tolinuudtaj
privative	тольгүй tolʹgüj	толинуудгүй tolinuudgüj
directive	толь руу tolʹ ruu	толинууд руу tolinuud ruu

Reflexive possessive forms 

	singular / indefinite	definite plural
nominative	толио tolio	толинуудаа tolinuudaa
genitive	толиныхоо tolinyxoo	толинуудынхаа tolinuudynxaa
accusative	толийгоо toliigoo	толинуудыгаа tolinuudygaa
dative-locative	толиндоо tolindoo	толинууддаа tolinuuddaa
ablative	толиноосоо tolinoosoo	толинуудаасаа tolinuudaasaa
instrumental	толиороо tolioroo	толинуудаараа tolinuudaaraa
comitative	тольтойгоо tolʹtojgoo	толинуудтайгаа tolinuudtajgaa
privative	тольгүйгээ tolʹgüjgee	толинуудгүйгээ tolinuudgüjgee
directive	толь руугаа tolʹ ruugaa	толинууд руугаа tolinuud ruugaa

independent genitive	singular / indefinite	definite plural
singular possession	толиных tolinyx	толинуудынх tolinuudynx
collective possession	толиныхон tolinyxon	толинуудынхан tolinuudynxan

Derived terms

• Тулуй (Tuluj)
• тольдох (tolʹdox), тольдогч (tolʹdogč)
• тольдуур (tolʹduur)
• тольт (tolʹt)
• тольч (tolʹč)
• тольчин (tolʹčin)

References

• толь in Bolor tolʹ

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tolʲ]
• Rhymes: -olʲ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French tôle.

Noun

толь • (tolʹ) m inan (genitive то́ля, nominative plural то́ли, genitive plural то́лей)

1. tarpaper (roofing and waterproofing material made by impregnating roofing paper with coal tar or shale oil products)

Declension

Declension of толь (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	то́ль tólʹ	то́ли tóli
genitive	то́ля tólja	то́лей tólej
dative	то́лю tólju	то́лям tóljam
accusative	то́ль tólʹ	то́ли tóli
instrumental	то́лем tólem	то́лями tóljami
prepositional	то́ле tóle	то́лях tóljax

Adverb

толь • (tolʹ)

1. (obsolete) only, whether, so, such

   Synonyms: столь (stolʹ), насто́лько (nastólʹko)