oll

Etymology

From German Low German oll-, the inflected stem of old (“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/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

oll (comparative oller, superlative am ollsten)

1. (colloquial) old, shabby (of things)

   Der olle Teppich hier müsste mal raus.

   This shabby carpet needs to be thrown out.

2. (colloquial) old (used as a mild expletive, mostly before names)

   der olle Herr Schmidt ― old Mr Schmidt

Further reading

• oll in Duden online

Alternative forms

• il

Etymology

From Old Irish, from Proto-Celtic *ɸolnos, from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁-, o-grade derivative of the root *pelh₁- (“to fill”).

Adjective

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

1. great; huge, vast, immense

Mutation

Further reading

• "oll" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “oll” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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

• IPA^(key): /ol͈/

Adjective

oll

1. great, vast

Mutation

Further reading

• “oll” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.