ol

Adjective

ol (not comparable)

1. Eye dialect spelling of old.

Anagrams

• 'lo, LO, Lo, lo

Verb

ol

1. second-person singular imperative positive of olmaq

Etymology

From German als.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ol/

Conjunction

ol

1. than

   Ŝi estas pli bela ol li

   She is more beautiful than him

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
	Pangender	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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈol/

Noun

ol ?

1. religion
2. group

Adverb

ol

1. sweet

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *olъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *alu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈóːl/, /ˈóːw/
• Tonal orthography: ọ̑l, ọ̑ł

Noun

ól m inan (genitive óla, nominative plural óli)

1. (obsolete) beer

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, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:22 (translation here):

     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.”

Particle

ol

1. Indicates plural of the following noun
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:20 (translation here):

     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.”

Pronoun

ol

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

See also

• dempla

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈol/
• Hyphenation: ol

Verb

ol

1. singular imperative of olmak (be (imperative))
2. singular negative imperative of olmamak

   sessiz ol! - be quiet!

Pronoun

ol

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

See also

Pronoun

ol (plural ols)

1. you (singular, subjective)