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See also: Gol, gól, göl, gôl, gö̂l, and gol·-

English

Noun

gol (plural gols)

  1. Alternative form of gul.

See also

Aromanian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Church Slavonic голъ (golŭ), from Proto-Slavic *golъ (naked), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (naked, bald). Compare Romanian and Megleno-Romanian gol, Bulgarian гол (gol), Serbo-Croatian go, gol.

Adjective

gol m (feminine goalã, plural golj, feminine plural goali or goale)

  1. empty
  2. naked
  3. bare

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gol, from English goal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡol/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ol
  • Hyphenation: gol

Noun

gol inan

  1. (sports) goal

Declension

Declension of gol (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive gol gola golak
ergative golek golak golek
dative goli golari golei
genitive golen golaren golen
comitative golekin golarekin golekin
causative golengatik golarengatik golengatik
benefactive golentzat golarentzat golentzat
instrumental golez golaz golez
inessive goletan golean goletan
locative goletako goleko goletako
allative goletara golera goletara
terminative goletaraino goleraino goletaraino
directive goletarantz golerantz goletarantz
destinative goletarako golerako goletarako
ablative goletatik goletik goletatik
partitive golik
prolative goltzat

Further reading

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

Noun

gol m (plural gols)

  1. (sports) goal

Derived terms

Further reading

Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

gol m (plural golyow)

  1. contraction of gool (feast, fair; vigil, wake, watch)
Usage notes
  • Only used in phrases such as dy'gol.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

Noun

gol m (plural golyow)

  1. (sports) goal
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of gol
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
gol wol unchanged kol hwol wol

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

Noun

gol m (plural goles)

  1. (sports) goal

Indonesian

Etymology

From English goal, from Middle English gol (boundary, limit), from Old English gāl (obstacle, barrier, marker).

Pronunciation

Noun

gol (plural gol-gol)

  1. goal:
    1. (sports) in many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object; The act of placing the object into the goal

Verb

gol

  1. (colloquial) to goal: to score a goal

Derived terms

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gol.

Pronunciation

Noun

gol m (genitive singular goil or gola)

  1. verbal noun of goil
  2. weeping, crying

Declension

As a first-declension noun:

Declension of gol (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative gol
vocative a ghoil
genitive goil
dative gol
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an gol
genitive an ghoil
dative leis an ngol
don ghol

As a third-declension noun:

Declension of gol (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative gol
vocative a ghol
genitive gola
dative gol
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an gol
genitive an ghola
dative leis an ngol
don ghol

Mutation

Mutated forms of gol
radical lenition eclipsis
gol ghol ngol

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gol”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 65

Further reading

Italian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔl
  • Hyphenation: gòl

Noun

gol m (invariable)

  1. (sports) goal (act of placing the ball into the goal)
    Synonym: rete

Derived terms

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Church Slavonic голъ (golŭ), from Proto-Slavic *golъ (naked). Compare Romanian and Aromanian gol.

Adjective

gol (feminine goală, masculine plural goľ)

  1. bare, naked

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *wṛda-. Cognate to Classical Persian گل (gul), Turkish gül .

Noun

gol f

  1. flower; rose

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

gol

  1. past tense of gala

Old English

Verb

gōl

  1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of galan

Old Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gol m

  1. weeping, wailing
  2. baying (of dogs)

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative gol golL guilL
vocative guil golL guluH
accusative golN golL guluH
genitive guilL gol golN
dative gulL golaib golaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: gol

Mutation

Mutation of gol
radical lenition nasalization
gol gol
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
ngol

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English goal.

Noun

gol m animal

  1. (soccer) goal (point scored)
    Synonym: bramka
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

Verb

gol

  1. second-person singular imperative of golić

Further reading

  • gol in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: gol

Noun

gol m (plural gols or (rare) gois or (rare) goles) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

  1. (sports) goal (area into which the players attempt to put an object; act of placing the object into the goal)
  2. (sports) goal (act of placing the object into the goal)

Usage notes

The plurals gois and goles, despite being listed in dictionaries, are extremely rare and may be perceived as nonstandard.

Derived terms

Further reading

Romanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic голъ (golŭ), from Proto-Slavic *golъ (naked), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (naked, bald). Compare Bulgarian гол (gol), Serbo-Croatian go, gol, Ukrainian го́лий (hólyj).

Adjective

gol m or n (feminine singular goală, masculine plural goi, feminine and neuter plural goale)

  1. empty
    Synonyms: deșert, vid
    Antonym: plin
  2. (of a person or body parts) naked
    Synonyms: dezbrăcat, nud
    Antonym: îmbrăcat
  3. hollow
  4. (of food) by itself, without any modification or garnish
    pâine goalăplain bread
Declension
Declension of gol
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite gol goală goi goale
definite golul goala goii goalele
genitive-
dative
indefinite gol goale goi goale
definite golului goalei goilor goalelor

Noun

gol n (plural goluri)

  1. cavity

Synonyms

See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English goal.

Alternative forms

Noun

gol n (plural goluri)

  1. (sports) goal
Declension
Declension of gol
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative gol golul goluri golurile
genitive-dative gol golului goluri golurilor
vocative golule golurilor

Further reading

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kol.

Pronunciation

Noun

gol

  1. (anatomy) arm
  2. hand
    Synonym: el

Derived terms

  • (Ili Salar) golqap (gloves)

References

  • Potanin, G.N. (1893) “голь”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 430
  • 林莲云 (1985) “gol”, in 撒拉语简志, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 42
  • Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “gol”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 231
  • 马伟 , 朝克 (2014) “gol”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本, 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 , →ISBN, page 16
  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “gol”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká , Moscow, page 464
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “gol”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 108

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (naked, bald).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

gȏl (Cyrillic spelling го̑л, definite gȍlī, comparative gòlijī)

  1. (Croatia) naked, nude, bare
Declension
indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative gol gola golo
genitive gola gole gola
dative golu goloj golu
accusative inanimate
animate
gol
gola
golu golo
vocative gol gola golo
locative golu goloj golu
instrumental golim golom golim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative goli gole gola
genitive golih golih golih
dative golim(a) golim(a) golim(a)
accusative gole gole gola
vocative goli gole gola
locative golim(a) golim(a) golim(a)
instrumental golim(a) golim(a) golim(a)
definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative goli gola golo
genitive golog(a) gole golog(a)
dative golom(u/e) goloj golom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate
goli
golog(a)
golu golo
vocative goli gola golo
locative golom(e/u) goloj golom(e/u)
instrumental golim golom golim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative goli gole gola
genitive golih golih golih
dative golim(a) golim(a) golim(a)
accusative gole gole gola
vocative goli gole gola
locative golim(a) golim(a) golim(a)
instrumental golim(a) golim(a) golim(a)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

Noun

gȏl m inan (Cyrillic spelling го̑л)

  1. (sports) goal
Declension
Declension of gol
singular plural
nominative gȏl gólovi
genitive gola golova
dative golu golovima
accusative gol golove
vocative gole golovi
locative golu golovima
instrumental golom golovima
Derived terms

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *golъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (naked, bald).

Pronunciation

Adjective

gȍł (not comparable)

  1. nude
    Synonym: nȃg
  2. bald (of an animal, not covered by fur or feathers)
Declension
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Hard
masculine feminine neuter
nom. sing. gòl gôla gôlo
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative gòl ind
gôli def
gôla gôlo
genitive gôlega gôle gôlega
dative gôlemu gôli gôlemu
accusative nominativeinan or
genitive
anim
gôlo gôlo
locative gôlem gôli gôlem
instrumental gôlim gôlo gôlim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative gôla gôli gôli
genitive gôlih gôlih gôlih
dative gôlima gôlima gôlima
accusative gôla gôli gôli
locative gôlih gôlih gôlih
instrumental gôlima gôlima gôlima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative gôli gôle gôla
genitive gôlih gôlih gôlih
dative gôlim gôlim gôlim
accusative gôle gôle gôla
locative gôlih gôlih gôlih
instrumental gôlimi gôlimi gôlimi

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

gȏł f

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
Declension
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing. gôl
gen. sing. golí
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
gôl golí golí
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
golí golí golí
dative
(dajȃlnik)
gôli goléma golém
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
gôl golí golí
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
gôli goléh goléh
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
goljó goléma golmí

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

Noun

gọ̑l m inan

  1. (sports) goal
Declension
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. gól
gen. sing. góla
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
gól góla góli
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
góla gólov gólov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
gólu góloma gólom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
gól góla góle
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
gólu gólih gólih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
gólom góloma góli

Further reading

  • gol”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Southern Kam

Pronunciation

Noun

gol

  1. to laugh

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡol/
  • Rhymes: -ol
  • Syllabification: gol

Noun

gol m (plural goles)

  1. (soccer) goal
    marcar un golscore a goal

Interjection

gol

  1. (soccer) goal!

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Verb

gol

  1. past indicative of gala

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Chemical element
Au

Etymology

From English gold.

Noun

gol

  1. gold
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:12:
      Long kantri Havila i gat gutpela gol, na i gat wanpela kain diwai, blut bilong en i gat gutpela smel. Na i gat wanpela kain ston i dai tumas, em ol i save kolim kanilian.
      →New International Version translation

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

Noun

gol (definite accusative golü, plural goller)

  1. goal (act of placing the object into the goal)
  2. goal (point(s) scored)

Declension

Declension of gol
singular plural
nominative gol goller
definite accusative golü golleri
dative gole gollere
locative golde gollerde
ablative golden gollerden
genitive golün gollerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular plural
1st singular golüm gollerim
2nd singular golün gollerin
3rd singular golü golleri
1st plural golümüz gollerimiz
2nd plural golünüz golleriniz
3rd plural golleri golleri
definite accusative
singular plural
1st singular golümü gollerimi
2nd singular golünü gollerini
3rd singular golünü gollerini
1st plural golümüzü gollerimizi
2nd plural golünüzü gollerinizi
3rd plural gollerini gollerini
dative
singular plural
1st singular golüme gollerime
2nd singular golüne gollerine
3rd singular golüne gollerine
1st plural golümüze gollerimize
2nd plural golünüze gollerinize
3rd plural gollerine gollerine
locative
singular plural
1st singular golümde gollerimde
2nd singular golünde gollerinde
3rd singular golünde gollerinde
1st plural golümüzde gollerimizde
2nd plural golünüzde gollerinizde
3rd plural gollerinde gollerinde
ablative
singular plural
1st singular golümden gollerimden
2nd singular golünden gollerinden
3rd singular golünden gollerinden
1st plural golümüzden gollerimizden
2nd plural golünüzden gollerinizden
3rd plural gollerinden gollerinden
genitive
singular plural
1st singular golümün gollerimin
2nd singular golünün gollerinin
3rd singular golünün gollerinin
1st plural golümüzün gollerimizin
2nd plural golünüzün gollerinizin
3rd plural gollerinin gollerinin

See also

Turkmen

Pronunciation

Noun

gol (definite accusative goly, plural gollar)

  1. hand
  2. arm

Further reading

  • gol” in Enedilim.com
  • gol” in Webonary.org

Zazaki

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Turkish göl, from Ottoman Turkish كول (göl, lake), from Proto-Turkic *kȫl (lake).

Noun

gol

  1. (geography) lake

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English goal.

Noun

gol

  1. (sports) goal