English Online Dictionary. What means ol? What does ol mean?
English
Adjective
ol (not comparable)
- Nonstandard form of old.
Anagrams
- 'lo, LO, Lo, lo
Azerbaijani
Etymology 1
Verb
ol
- second-person singular imperative of olmaq
Etymology 2
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.
See also
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/
Conjunction
ol
- than
See also
- antaŭ ol
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ol/, /ɔl/
Pronoun
ol (plural oli, possessive olua, possessive plural olui)
- Apocopic form of olu; it, that
See also
Karaim
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *ol.
Noun
ol
- he, she, it
References
- N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “ol”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN
Maia
Adverb
ol
- sweet
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
ol (plural oles)
- Alternative form of hole (“hole”)
Etymology 2
Adjective
ol
- Alternative form of hole (“healthy, whole”)
Etymology 3
Noun
ol (uncountable)
- Alternative form of oile (“oil”)
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Turkish yol (“way, road”), similar to tariqa and rêç (“path”), rêûresm (“ceremony”), rêbaz (“method”), etc. Compare oldaş (“friend, companion”) (from yoldaş). Originally only limited to Êzdi jargon term for "sect, cult" to refer to the Adawi order. It was popularized in the 90s favored over the native dîn to mean "religion" in Northern Kurdish media in an assumption that this word is "more Kurdish", as opposed to the native one which is the exact same of Turkish din.
On a lesser possibility, or perhaps now conflated with it, is an earlier *ord, a New Iranic development of *erd meaning "order"; akin to asha and rta. For the sound change compare Middle Persian 𐭠𐭥𐭲𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩 (Ardwahišt) and Persian اردیبهشت (Ordibehešt).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oːl/
Noun
ol f
- religion
- sect
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Noun
ol m (definite singular olen, indefinite plural oler, definite plural olene)
- alternative form of ole
Etymology 2
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”)
Etymology 3
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”)
Etymology 4
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 English
Verb
ōl
- first/third-person singular preterite indicative of alan
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.
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. 31c14
- 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. 31c14
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 (“said, says”)
See also
- as·beir
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “6 ol (quotative particle)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 408, page 255; reprinted 2017
Etymology 2
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. 56c17
- 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. 56c17
Synonyms
See Thesaurus:sga:ar for synonyms.
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ol (conjunction)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 905, page 559; reprinted 2017
Etymology 3
Conjunction
ol (triggers nasalization)
- than [with ·tá (substantive verb)]
- Synonym: in(d) (dative of neuter article)
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 45a15
Usage notes
- In the 3rd person of the ordinary (non-habitual) present indicative ·tá appears in the absolute relative form (singular daas, plural dátae). In all other numbers and tenses the conjunct form is used.
- Instead of a clause headed by ol or in(d), a comparative form can alternatively be followed by a dative noun to express the thing being compared to:
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 ol ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 779.1, pages 477f.; reprinted 2017
References
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
- ø̄l
Etymology
From Old Norse ál, from Proto-Germanic *anhulō.
Noun
ōl n
- strap, leather strap
Declension
Romanian
Noun
ol n (plural oale)
- Alternative form of oală
Declension
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
Synonyms
- pívo
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English all.
Pronoun
ol
- The third-person plural pronoun (Tok Pisin does not inflect pronouns for cases): they, them.
See also
Particle
ol
- Indicates plural of the following noun
Torres Strait Creole
Pronoun
ol
- they, them (more than three; indefinite)
See also
- dempla
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
See also
Volapük
Pronoun
ol (plural ols)
- you (singular, subjective)