coll

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See also: Coll, coll., coll', and Coll.

English

Etymology

From Old French coler, acoler (“accoll, throw arms round neck of”); ultimately from Latin ad + collum (“neck”).

Pronunciation

Verb

coll (third-person singular simple present colls, present participle colling, simple past and past participle colled)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To hug or embrace.
    • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 82:
      'You couldn't expect her to throw her arms round 'ee, an' to kiss and to coll 'ee all at once.'
    • 1995, Anthony Burgess, Byrne:
      They kissed and colled in parks and fields and, better, a / Warm bed, her own.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin collum. Compare Occitan còl and French cou.

Noun

coll m (plural colls)

  1. (anatomy) neck
  2. (anatomy) throat
    Synonym: gola
  3. (clothing) collar (part of a garment)
  4. neckline
  5. (card games) suit
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin collis (“hill”).

Noun

coll m (plural colls)

  2. (archaic or regional) hill
    Synonyms: puig, turó
  3. col, pass (through hills)
    Synonym: pas
Derived terms

Further reading

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish coll, from Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”) (compare Welsh cyll).

Pronunciation

Noun

coll m (genitive singular coill)

  1. hazel
  2. the letter C in the Ogham alphabet

Declension

Declension of coll

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative coll
Vocative a choill
Genitive coill
Dative coll

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an coll
Genitive an choill
Dative leis an gcoll

don choll

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coll choll gcoll
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

coll

From Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóslos (“hazel”) (compare Welsh cyll).

Noun

coll m

  1. hazel (tree)
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative coll collL cuillL
Vocative cuill collL culluH
Accusative collN collL culluH
Genitive cuillL coll collN
Dative cullL collaib collaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
  • Irish: coll
  • Manx: coull
  • Scottish Gaelic: coll

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *kolCos (“lost”), precise form uncertain, C could represent n, s, or d. Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to break”).

Noun

coll n

  1. destruction, injury, violation
Inflection
Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative collN collN collL, colla
Vocative collN collN collL, colla
Accusative collN collN collL, colla
Genitive cuillL coll collN
Dative cullL collaib collaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 245, 249

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
coll choll coll
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish coll (“hazel”), from Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”) (compare Welsh cyll).

Noun

coll m (genitive coill)

  1. hazel (tree)
  2. (obsolete) the letter C in the Ogham alphabet

Etymology 2

From Old Irish coll (“destruction”), from Proto-Celtic *koldom (“destruction”).

Noun

coll m

  1. destruction

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *koldom (“destruction”).

Noun

coll m (uncountable)

  1. loss
    Synonyms: aball, methiant, diffyg, pall

Adjective

coll (feminine singular coll, plural coll, not comparable)

  1. lost, missing

Etymology 2

See cyll (“hazel”).

Noun

coll f (collective, singulative collen)

  1. (obsolete) hazel
  2. (obsolete) twig

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
coll goll ngholl choll
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “coll”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Wolof

Noun

coll (definite form coll bi)

  1. summit, peak, tip
  2. cormorant

References

  • Fal, Arame, Santos, Rosine, Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990) Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 53
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