òl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ol"

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish ól, from Proto-Celtic *ɸotlo- from Proto-Indo-European *pōtlo- (whence also Latin pōculum (“drinking cup”)) from *peh₃-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɔːɫ̪ ]

Verb

òl (past dh'òl, future òlaidh, verbal noun òl, past participle òlta)

  1. drink
  2. booze, carouse

Noun

òl m (genitive singular òil)

  1. verbal noun of òl

Derived terms

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “ól” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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