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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From oll (“great; huge, vast, immense”).
Prefix
oll-
- great
- Synonyms: mór-, mór
- gross
- Synonym: comhlán
- mass
- general
- Synonym: ginearálta
- landslide
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| oll-
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n-oll-
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holl-
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t-oll-
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oll-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “oll-” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.