alcól

See also: alcol and alcòl

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French alcohol, from Arabic اَلْكُحْل‎ (al-kuḥl, “kohl”).

Noun

alcól m (genitive singular alcóil)

alcohol, spirit

Declension

Declension of alcól

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	alcól
Vocative	a alcóil
Genitive	alcóil
Dative	alcól

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular
Nominative	an t-alcól
Genitive	an alcóil
Dative	leis an alcól don alcól

Derived terms

alcólach (“alcoholic”, adjective)
alcól adhmaid m (“wood alcohol”)
alcól aimile m (“amyl alcohol”)
alcól cuimilte m (“rubbing alcohol”)
alcól eitile m (“ethyl alcohol”)
alcól lagaithe m (“denatured alcohol”)
alcól meitile m (“methyl alcohol”)
alcól prátaí m (“potato-spirit”)
cioróis alcóil f (“alcoholic cirrhosis”)
dé-alcól m (“di-alcohol”)
deoch alcóil f (“alcoholic drink”)
lampa alcóil m (“spirit-lamp”)
mí-úsáid alcóil f (“alcohol abuse”)
smugláil alcóil f (“bootlegging”)
smuglálaí alcóil m (“bootlegger”)
vearnais alcóil f (“spirit varnish”)

Related terms

deoch mheisciúil f (“alcoholic drink”)

Mutation

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

Further reading

"alcól" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “alcól” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “alcól” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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