coll
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French coler, acoler (“accoll, throw arms round neck of”); ultimately from Latin ad + collum (“neck”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
coll (third-person singular simple present colls, present participle colling, simple past and past participle colled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To hug or embrace.
- 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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)
Translations edit
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin collum. Compare Occitan còl and French cou.
Noun edit
coll m (plural colls)
- (anatomy) neck
- (anatomy) throat
- Synonym: gola
- mal de coll ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (clothing) collar (part of a garment)
- neckline
- (card games) suit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Latin collis (“hill”).
Noun edit
coll m (plural colls)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “coll” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “coll” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “coll”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish coll, from Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”) (compare Welsh cyll).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
coll m (genitive singular coill)
Declension edit
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
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. |
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coll”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóslos (“hazel”) (compare Welsh cyll).
Noun edit
coll m
- hazel (tree)
Inflection edit
Masculine o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | coll | collL | cuillL |
Vocative | cuill | collL | culluH |
Accusative | collN | collL | culluH |
Genitive | cuillL | coll | collN |
Dative | cullL | collaib | collaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Celtic *kolCos (“lost”), precise form uncertain, C could represent n, s, or d. Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to break”).[1]
Noun edit
coll n
Inflection edit
Neuter o-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | collN | collN | collL, colla |
Vocative | collN | collN | collL, colla |
Accusative | collN | collN | collL, colla |
Genitive | cuillL | coll | collN |
Dative | cullL | collaib | collaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
Mutation edit
Old Irish mutation | ||
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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 edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 coll (‘hazel tree’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 coll (‘destruction’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish coll (“hazel”), from Proto-Celtic *koslos (“hazel”) (compare Welsh cyll).
Noun edit
coll m (genitive coill)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish coll (“destruction”), from Proto-Celtic *koldom (“destruction”).
Noun edit
coll m
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kɔɬ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /koːɬ/, /kɔɬ/
- Rhymes: -ɔɬ
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Celtic *koldom (“destruction”).
Noun edit
coll m (uncountable)
Adjective edit
coll (feminine singular coll, plural coll, not comparable)
Etymology 2 edit
See cyll (“hazel”).
Noun edit
coll f (collective, singulative collen)
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
coll | goll | ngholl | choll |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “coll”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Wolof edit
Noun edit
coll (definite form coll bi)
References edit
- Fal, Arame, Santos, Rosine, Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990) Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 53