aol

See also: AOL and äol.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish áel (lime, chalk).

Noun

aol m (genitive singular aoil, nominative plural aolta)

  1. lime (inorganic material containing calcium)
    1. (literary, in compounds as a pseudo-prefix) lime-white
  2. whitewash (lime and water mixture)

Declension

Derived terms

Verb

aol (present analytic aolann, future analytic aolfaidh, verbal noun aoladh, past participle aolta)

  1. (transitive) lime, whitewash
  2. (intransitive) whiten, grow white

Conjugation

Alternative forms

Mutation

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

Further reading

  • "aol" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • 1 áel” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “aol” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “aol” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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