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Oll

Oll

See also: oll, OLL, öll, oll-, and Oll.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Noun

an t-Oll

  1. Dr (not medical)
    an t-Oll Brus - Dr Bruce

Related terms

oll

oll

See also: Oll, OLL, öll, oll-, and Oll.

German

Adjective

oll (comparative oller, superlative am ollsten)

  1. (colloquial) old, shabby (of things)
    Der olle Teppich hier müsste mal raus.
    This shabby carpet needs to be thrown out.
  2. (colloquial) old (used as a mild expletive, mostly before names)
    der olle Herr Schmidt ― old Mr Schmidt

Declension


Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ɸolnos, from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁-, o-grade derivative of the root *pelh₁- (to fill). Cognates include Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, many), Latin plūs (more), Sanskrit पुरु (purú, much, many, abundant), and Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿 (filu, much, very).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ol͈/

Adjective

oll

  1. great, vast

Mutation

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