coll
English
Etymology
From Old French coler, acoler (“accoll, throw arms round neck of”); ultimately from Latin ad + collum (“neck”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɒl/
Verb
coll (third-person singular simple present colls, present participle colling, simple past and past participle colled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To hug or embrace.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of en to this entry?)
- 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 82:
- 'You couldn't expect her to throw her arms round 'ee, an' to kiss and to coll 'ee all at once.'
- 1995, Anthony Burgess, Byrne:
- They kissed and colled in parks and fields and, better, a / Warm bed, her own.
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Latin collum.
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish coll, from Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”) (compare Welsh cyll).
Declension
Declension of coll
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- cnó coill
- crann coill
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| coll | choll | gcoll |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kol͈/
Inflection
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Etymology 2
From Proto-Celtic *koldom (“destruction”).
Inflection
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Descendants
- Scottish Gaelic: coll
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| coll | choll | coll pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 coll (‘hazel tree’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “2 coll (‘destruction’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
From Old Irish coll (“hazel”), from Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”) (compare Welsh cyll).
Etymology 2
From Old Irish coll (“destruction”), from Proto-Celtic *koldom (“destruction”).
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