oll

From German Low German oll-, the inflected stem of old (“old”), from Middle Low German olt, from Old Saxon ald. Doublet of alt. Cognate with English old, which see for more.

• IPA^(key): /ɔl/

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oll (comparative oller, superlative am ollsten)

1. (informal) old, shabby (of things)

   Der olle Teppich hier müsste mal raus.

   This shabby carpet needs to be thrown out.

2. (informal) old (used as a mild expletive, mostly before names)

   der olle Herr Schmidt ― old Mr Schmidt

• oll in Duden online

• il

From Old Irish, from Proto-Celtic *ɸolnos, from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁-, o-grade derivative of the root *pelh₁- (“to fill”).

oll (genitive singular masculine oill, genitive singular feminine oille, plural olla, comparative oille)

1. great; huge, vast, immense

• oll- (“great, gross”, prefix)

• "oll" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “oll”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

From Proto-Celtic *ɸolnos, from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁-, o-grade derivative of the root *pelh₁- (“to fill”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”), Latin plūs (“more”), Sanskrit पुरु (purú, “much, many, abundant”), and Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿 (filu, “much, very”).

• IPA^(key): /ol͈/

oll

1. great, vast

• Irish: oll

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “oll”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN