ol

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ol"

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English

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English

Etymology 1

From obsolete German Ol- (in Ol-Verbindungen and Olgruppen, coined by Alfred Werner in 1907), from -ol (“-ol”).

Adjective

ol (not comparable)

1. (attributive) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   • 1931, Arthur W[aldorf] Thomas, Thomas H[illyer] Whitehead, “Ion Interchanges in Aluminum Oxychloride Hydrosols”, in Wilder D[wight] Bancroft, editor, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, volume XXXIV, Ithaca, N.Y.: The Editor, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 47:

     The authors hazard the guess that the oxolation of ol complexes would result in a loss of the reaction with neutral salts described in this paper.

   • 1962, Aleksander Abramovich Grinberg, translated by J. Rovtar Leach, “Polynuclear complex compounds”, in D. H. Busch, R. F. Trimble, Jr., editors, An Introduction to the Chemistry of Complex Compounds, London; Paris; Frankfurt: Pergamon Press; Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., →LCCN, →OCLC, chapter X (Some Special Kinds of Complex Compounds), page 286:

     The OH groups in the complex are not ol groups but rather hydroxy groups which can add hydrogen ions thereupon being converted into aquo groups.

   • 1974, David Nicholls, “Reactions in Aqueous Solution I: The Hexaquo Ion and its Acidity”, in Inorganic Complexes (Modern Chemistry Background Readers), London: John Murray, →ISBN, page 26:

     This species with the hydroxo or ol bridges can react in the presence of added base as follows: […]

   • 2000 September 3, Y[uri] I. Sucharev, V. A. Potemkin, V. V. Avdin, The Effect of the Coloring Oxyhydrate Gels of Some Rare-Earth Elements (Y,Gd,La) (Science Direct Working Paper No S1574-0331(04)70333-1)‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7:

     In very acidic medium, the effect of gel coloring should disappear due to the condensation of the ol-group and the formation of oxy-polymers.

Usage notes

• Used either with a hyphen (ol-group) or a space (ol group).

Derived terms

• olate
• olation

Etymology 2

Adjective

ol (not comparable)

1. Nonstandard form of ol'.

Anagrams

• 'lo, LO, Lo, lo

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Adjective

ol

1. old

Noun

ol (plural ol dem, quantified ol)

1. hole

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• Audio (Baku):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Verb

ol

1. second-person singular imperative of olmaq

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ol

2. obsolete form of o (“he, she, it”)

Bislama

Etymology

From English all. Cognate with Tok Pisin ol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈol/
• Hyphenation: ol

Pronoun

ol

1. synonym of olgeta

Usage notes

• Ol can only be used as an object to a verb or preposition. In all other positions, only olgeta is used.

See also

Bislama personal pronouns

		singular	dual	trial	plural
1st person	exclusive	mi	mitufala	mitrifala	mifala
	inclusive	—	yumitu, yumitufala	yumitrifala	yumi
2nd person		yu	yutufala	yutrifala	yufala
3rd person	neutral	hem, em	tufala	trifala	ol1, olgeta
	collective2	—	tugeta	trigeta	—

¹ Used only as an object of a preposition or a verb.
² The collective pronouns specify that the action is performed by all subjects together, rather than on their own.
Some speakers may not distinguish various plurality categories, using only one or two plural pronouns.

Particle

ol

1. Indicates the plural of the following noun; -s

References

• Crowley, Terry (2004), Bislama Reference Grammar, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, pages 29, 46

Danish

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Norse vǫlr. Related to vol (“rod; stick (obsolete)”).

Noun

ol c (singular definite olen, plural indefinite ol)

1. (historical) eighty (quantity of 80 pieces (was previously used as a quantity indication for herring and eggs in particular))

Declension

Declension of ol

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ol	olen	ol	olene
genitive	ols	olens	ols	olenes

References

• “ol” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “ol” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from German als.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ol/

• Audio 1:

  (file)

• Audio 2:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: ol

Conjunction

ol

1. than

   Ŝi estas pli bela ol li.

   She is prettier than he.

   La vulpo estas pli granda ol la kapro.

   The fox is bigger than the goat.

See also

• antaŭ ol

Further reading

• “ol”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “ol”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Ido

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
	common	lu	lua	lui	li	lia	lii
	reflexive	su	sua	sui	su	sua	sui
indefinite		onu, on	onua	onui	onu, on	onua	onui

• 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.

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ol.

Noun

ol

1. he, she, it

References

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “ol”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Maia

Adverb

ol

1. sweet

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

ol

1. alternative form of hol (“healthy, whole”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ol (oles)

1. alternative form of hole (“hole”)

Etymology 3

Noun

ol

1. alternative form of oyle (“oil”)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Turkish yol (“way, road”), similar to tariqa and rêç (“path”), rêûresm (“ceremony”), rêbaz (“method”), etc. Compare oldaş (“friend, companion”) (from yoldaş). Originally only limited to Êzdi jargon term for "sect, cult" to refer to the Adawi order. It was popularized in the 90s favored over the native dîn to mean "religion" in Northern Kurdish media in an assumption that this word is "more Kurdish", as opposed to the native one which is the exact same of Turkish din; therefore a false attempt of purism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːl/

Noun

ol f

1. religion
2. sect

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

ol m (definite singular olen, indefinite plural oler, definite plural olene)

1. alternative form of ole

Etymology 2

Verb

ol

1. (non-standard since 2005) past tense of ale

References

• “ol” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse ól, ál.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːl/, /uːɽ/
• Homophone: ord (some dialects)

Noun

ol f (definite singular ola, indefinite plural oler, definite plural olene)

1. a leather strap

   Synonym: skinnreim

Etymology 2

From Old Norse ǫl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːl/, /oːɽ/

Noun

ol n (definite singular olet, indefinite plural ol, definite plural ola)

1. (rare) alternative form of øl (“beer, ale”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːɽ/

Noun

ol n (definite singular ole, indefinite plural ol, definite plural ola)

1. (eye dialect spelling, Trøndelag, Eastern Norway) alternative spelling of ord (“word”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːl/, /uːɽ/
• Homophone: ord (some dialects)

Verb

ol

1. past tense of ala
2. past tense of elja

References

• “ol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• LO, lo, OL, o.l.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːl/
• Rhymes: -oːl

Verb

ōl

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of alan

Old French

Noun

ol oblique singular, m (oblique plural ialz, nominative singular ialz, nominative plural ol)

1. alternative form of ueil

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Kortlandt believes this particle to be a contraction of a Proto-Celtic phrase beginning with *ol est. In particular, he derives the inflected form olsí from a contraction of a Proto-Celtic phrase *ol est ēgt, with *ēgt deriving from *h₁eǵ- (“to say”). Its ending was reinterpreted as the feminine singular pronoun sí, giving rise to the analogical masculine form olsé.

Alternative forms

• ar

Particle

ol

1. (quotative) says, said

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:ol.

Usage notes

This particle is used after or interrupting a quotation, either in an inflected form or followed by the identity of who is speaking.

Inflection

This particle inflects similarly to a preposition, but for pronominal gender and number only.

• Masculine singular: olsé
• Feminine singular: olsí
• Plural: olseat

Descendants

• Middle Irish: ol, ar, or, for, bar
  • Irish: ar (“said, says”)

See also

• as·beir

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “6 ol (quotative particle)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 408, page 255; reprinted 2017

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• al

Conjunction

ol

1. because, since

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:ol.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:sga:ar for synonyms.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ol (conjunction)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 905, page 559; reprinted 2017

Etymology 3

Conjunction

ol (triggers nasalization)

1. than [with ·tá (substantive verb)]

   Synonym: in(d) (dative of neuter article)

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:ol.

Usage notes

• In the 3rd person of the ordinary (non-habitual) present indicative ·tá appears in the absolute relative form (singular daas, plural dátae). In all other numbers and tenses the conjunct form is used.
• Instead of a clause headed by ol or in(d), a comparative form can alternatively be followed by a dative noun to express the thing being compared to:

  fliuchu catt báittiu

  wetter than a drowned cat

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 ol {conjunction}”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) [1909], D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, translation of Handbuch des Alt-Irischen (in German), →ISBN, § 779.1, pages 477f.; reprinted 2017

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• ø̄l

Etymology

From Old Norse ál, from Proto-Germanic *anhulō.

Noun

ōl n

1. strap, leather strap

Declension

Declension of ōl (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ōl	ōlit	ōl	ōlin
accusative	ōl	ōlit	ōl	ōlin
dative	ōli, ōle	ōlinu, ōleno	ōlum, ōlom	ōlumin, ōlomen
genitive	ōls	ōlsins	ōla	ōlanna

Romanian

Noun

ol n (plural oale)

1. alternative form of oală

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ol	olul	oale	oalele
genitive-dative	ol	olului	oale	oalelor
vocative	olule		oalelor

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /óːl/, /óːʋ/

Noun

ọ̑l or ọ̑ł m inan

1. (obsolete) beer

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	ól
gen. sing.	óla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	ól	óla	óli
genitive (rodȋlnik)	óla	ólov	ólov
dative (dajȃlnik)	ólu	óloma	ólom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	ól	óla	óle
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	ólu	ólih	ólih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	ólom	óloma	óli

Synonyms

• pívo

Tok Pisin

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, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:22:

     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.”

     →New International Version translation

See also

Tok Pisin personal pronouns

			singular	dual	trial	plural
1st person		exclusive	mi	mitupela	mitripela	mipela
		inclusive		yumitupela	yumitripela	yumipela, yumi
2nd person			yu	yutupela	yutripela	yupela
3rd person			em	tupela	tripela	ol

Particle

ol

1. Indicates plural of the following noun
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:20:

     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.”

     →New International Version translation

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

ol

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

See also

• dempla

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈol/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ol

Verb

ol

1. second-person singular imperative of olmak

   sessiz ol! - be quiet!

Turkmen

Alternative forms

• o

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ol. Cognate with Ottoman Turkish اول (ol), Kazakh ол (ol), Kyrgyz ал (al), etc.

Pronoun

ol

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

Declension

Declension of ol

	singular	plural
nominative	ol	olar
accusative	ony	olary
genitive	onuň	olaryň
dative	oňa	olara
locative	onda	olarda
ablative	ondan	olardan

See also

Turkmen personal pronouns

		nominative	accusative	genitive	dative	locative	ablative
singular	1st person	men	meni	meniň	maňa	mende	menden
	2nd person	sen	seni	seniň	saňa	sende	senden
	3rd person	ol	ony	onuň	oňa	onda	ondan
plural	1st person	biz	bizi	biziň	bize	bizde	bizden
	2nd person	siz	sizi	siziň	size	sizde	sizden
	3rd person	olar	olary	olaryň	olara	olarda	olardan

Volapük

Pronoun

ol (plural ols)

1. you (singular, subjective)
   • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: II:

     Ed ol: ‚Bethlehem’, ol: Yudän, leno binol bapikün pö plins Yudäna: bi se ol geidan osüikom, kel okälom pöpi obik: Yisraelän

     And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, you are by no means the least among the leaders of Judah, for from you will come a leader who will shepherd my people Israel.

Declension

Declension of ol

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ol	ols
Genitive	ola	olas
Dative	ole	oles
Accusative	oli	olis
Predicative1	olu	olus
Vocative	o ol	o ols

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.