ol

English

Adjective

ol (not comparable)

1. Nonstandard form of old.

Anagrams

• 'lo, LO, Lo, lo

Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

Verb

ol

1. second-person singular imperative of olmaq

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ol

2. 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

1. 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

1. 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/

• Audio:

  (file)

Conjunction

ol

1. than

   Ŝi estas pli bela ol li.

   She is prettier than he.

   La vulpo estas pli granda ol la kapro.

   The fox is bigger than the goat.

See also

• antaŭ ol

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ol/, /ɔl/

Pronoun

ol (plural oli, possessive olua, possessive plural olui)

1. Apocopic form of olu; it, that

See also

    Personal pronouns in Ido

		Singular			Plural
		Nominative	Possessive		Nominative	Possessive
			Singular	Plural		Singular	Plural
First person		me	mea	mei	ni	nia	nii
Second person	Formal	vu	vua	vui	vi	via	vii
	Familiar	tu	tua	tui
Third person	Masculine	ilu, il	ilua	ilui	ili	ilia	ilii
	Feminine	elu, el	elua	elui	eli	elia	elii
	Neuter	olu, ol	olua	olui	oli	olia	olii
	Common	lu	lua	lui	li	lia	lii
	Reflexive	su	sua	sui	su	sua	sui
Indefinite		onu, on	onua	onui	onu, on	onua	onui
Notes
The possessive plurals are seldom used.
The shortened forms are preferred.
The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios.

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ol.

Noun

ol

1. 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

1. sweet

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

ol (plural oles)

1. Alternative form of hole (“hole”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

ol

1. Alternative form of hole (“healthy, whole”)

Etymology 3

Noun

ol (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of oile (“oil”)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Turkish yol (“way, road”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːl/

Noun

ol f

1. religion
2. group

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

ol m (definite singular olen, indefinite plural oler, definite plural olene)

1. alternative form of ole

Etymology 2

Verb

ol

1. (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)

1. 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)

1. (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)

1. (eye dialect spelling, Trøndelag, Eastern Norway) Alternative spelling of ord (“word”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːl/, /uːɽ/
• Homophone: ord (some dialects)

Verb

ol

1. past tense of ala
2. past tense of elja

References

• “ol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• LO, lo, OL, o.l.

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

1. (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. 31^c14

     “A n-atamm·res-⟨s⟩a,” ol Día.

     “When I shall arise,” says God.

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

See also

• as·beir

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “6 ol (quotative particle)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• al

Conjunction

ol

1. 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. 56^c17

     ol is lond

     because he is angry (glossing Latin commotus est)

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:sga:ar for synonyms.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 ol (conjunction)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

References

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• ø̄l

Etymology

From Old Norse ál, from Proto-Germanic *anhulō.

Noun

ōl n

1. strap, leather strap

Declension

Romanian

Noun

ol n (plural oale)

1. 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

1. (obsolete) beer

Inflection

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.

Synonyms

• pívo

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English all.

Pronoun

ol

1. The third-person plural pronoun (Tok Pisin does not inflect pronouns for cases): they, them.
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:22:

     Na God i mekim gutpela tok bilong givim strong long ol. Em i tokim ol olsem, “Yupela ol kain kain samting bilong solwara, yupela i mas kamap planti na pulapim olgeta hap bilong solwara. Na yupela ol pisin, yupela i mas kamap planti long graun.”

     →New International Version translation

See also

Particle

ol

1. Indicates plural of the following noun
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:20:

     Bihain God i tok olsem, “Solwara i mas pulap long ol kain kain samting i gat laip. Na ol pisin i mas kamap na flai nabaut long skai.”

     →New International Version translation

Torres Strait Creole

Pronoun

ol

1. they, them (more than three; indefinite)

See also

• dempla

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈol/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ol

Verb

ol

1. 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

1. (personal) she, he, it, that

Declension

See also

Volapük

Pronoun

ol (plural ols)

1. you (singular, subjective)

Declension