oll

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

German

Etymology

From German Low German oll-, the inflected stem of old/olt (old), from Middle Low German olt, from Old Saxon ald. Doublet of alt. Cognate with English old, which see for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔl/
  • (file)

Adjective

oll (strong nominative masculine singular oller, comparative oller, superlative am ollsten)

  1. (informal, often derogatory) old, shabby (of things)
    Der olle Teppich hier müsste mal raus.
    This shabby carpet needs to be thrown out.
  2. (informal) old (used as a mild expletive, mostly before names)
    der olle Herr Schmidtold Mr. Schmidt (literally, “the old Mr. Schmidt”)
    • 1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 479:
      „Nun werden Sie denken, Castorp, der olle Behrens muß zugeben, daß er die Behandlung verfehlt hat. Da hätten Sie aber einen Bock geschossen und wären der Sachlage nicht gerecht geworden und dem ollen Behrens auch nicht. []
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Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • oll” in Duden online
  • oll” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish, from Proto-Celtic *ɸolnos, from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁-, o-grade derivative of the root *pleh₁- (to fill).

Adjective

oll (genitive singular masculine oill, genitive singular feminine oille, plural olla, comparative oille)

  1. great; huge, vast, immense

Declension

Related terms

  • oll- (great, gross, prefix)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
oll n-oll holl not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

Adjective

oll

  1. great, vast

Descendants

  • Irish: oll

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.

Further reading