holl
Irish
Welsh
Etymology
Originally a mutated form of oll, from Proto-Celtic *olyos (compare Old Irish uile, Gaulish ollon), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃olyos (“all”) (compare Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌻𐍃 (alls), Old Armenian ողջ (ołǰ)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hoːɬ/[1]
Determiner
holl (triggers soft mutation)
References
- J. Morris Jones, A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative (Oxford 1913), § 51 v.
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