hol

A hole, hollow, cavity
(nautical) A cargo hold
(vulgar) An anus, arsehole; both anatomical senses of butt
Je hol zul je zelf moeten schoonmaken.
You'll have to clean up your arse yourself.
(by extension) Any other bodily cavity that resembles a hole
An artificial opening such as a slit
burrow (a hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, like a rabbit, used as a dwelling)
(figuratively) An unsanitary and/or unpleasant place; shithole

Synonyms edit

(hole): gat, opening
(arse): aars, gat, reet
(dug-out animal dwelling): leger, burcht, pijp
(cavity): holte, uitsparing

Derived terms edit

holbewoner
holdrukker
holenbeer
holenbroeder
holenduif
holenmens
holenkunde
holenkunst
holenspin
holenzwaluw
hoolophouder
enkelholig
(dwellings by inhabitant) drakenhol, satyrshol
(holes by use/situation) berghol, haardhol, kelderhol, kerkerhol, kruiphol, manhol, piratenhol, rookhol, rovershol, scheepshol, speelhol, waterhol
(bodily cavities by place) ooghol, voorhoofdshol
donderhol
vulcanishol

Descendants edit

Afrikaans: hol
Negerhollands: hol
→ Caribbean Hindustani: hol
→ Lokono: hôle
→ Papiamentu: hòl

Adjective edit

hol (comparative holler, superlative holst)

hollow, having an empty space inside

Inflection edit

Inflection of hol
uninflected	hol
inflected	holle
comparative	holler
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		hol	holler	het holst het holste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	holle	hollere	holste
	n. sing.	hol	holler	holste
	plural	holle	hollere	holste
definite		holle	hollere	holste
partitive		hols	hollers	—

Antonyms edit

vol, gevuld
solide

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Afrikaans: hol
Berbice Creole Dutch: holo
Negerhollands: hool
→ Papiamentu: hòl, hol

Etymology 2 edit

Deverbal from hollen.

Noun edit

hol m (plural hollen, diminutive holletje n)

A run, the action running

Derived terms edit

op hol

Etymology 3 edit

Unknown, perhaps cognate with English hill. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun edit

hol f (plural hollen, diminutive holletje n)

A small height in the landscape, such as
1. a hill (like the Utrecht city wall ruins)
2. a sloping road (as in Rotterdam)

Etymology 4 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

hol

inflection of hollen:
1. first-person singular present indicative
2. imperative

Faroese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą, noun-derivation from *hulaz (“hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-, *kewH- (“hollow”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /hoːl/
Rhymes: -oːl

Noun edit

hol n (genitive singular hols, plural hol)

Declension edit

Declension of hol
n3	singular		plural
n3	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hol	holið	hol	holini
accusative	hol	holið	hol	holini
dative	holi	holinum	holum	holunum
genitive	hols	holsins	hola	holanna

German edit

Verb edit

hol

singular imperative of holen

Hungarian edit

ed Table of Correlatives (cf. H. demonstrative adverbs)
question		this	that	same	every-/all	no-	relative	some	any	else
question		e/i-	a/o-	ugyan	mind(en)-	se(m/n)-	a- + qu.	vala	akár bár	más
who	ki	ő		u	mindenki	senki	aki	v	a b	m
what	mi	ez	az	u u	minden	semmi	ami / amely	v	a b	m
which	melyik	ez	az	u u	mindegyik mind	semelyik egyik sem	amelyik	v	a b	m
how	hogy (an) miként	így	úgy	u u	mindenhogy mindenhogyan	sehogy (an) semmiképpen	(a)mint ahogy (an)	v v	a b a b	m/m m/m
what…like what kind	milyen miféle	ilyen efféle	olyan afféle	u u	mindenféle	semmilyen semmiféle	amilyen	v v	a b a b	m m/m
where	hol	itt	ott	u u	mindenhol mindenütt	sehol	ahol	v	a b	m m
from wh.	honnan	innen	onnan	u u	mindenhonnan	sehonnan	ahonnan	v	a b	m
to where	hova hová	ide	oda	u u	mindenhova mindenhová	sehova sehová	ahova ahová	v v	a b a b	m m
from which way	merről	erről	arról	u u	mindenfelől	semerről	amerről	v	a b	m
which way	merre merrefelé	erre errefelé	arra arrafelé	u u	mindenfelé	semerre	amerre	v	a b	m
why	miért	ezért	azért	u u	mindenért	semmiért	amiért	v	a b	m
how many	hány	ennyi	annyi	u u	mind az összes	sehány	ahány	v	a b	–
how much	mennyi	ennyi	annyi	u u	mind az összes	semennyi	amennyi	v	a b	–
wh. extent	mennyire	ennyire	annyira	u u	(teljesen)	semennyire	amennyire	v	a b	–
what size	mekkora	ekkora	akkora	u u	(az egész)	semekkora	amekkora	v	a b	–
what time	mikor	ekkor	akkor	u u	mindig	soha/sose(m) sohase(m)	amikor	v	a b	m
how long how far	meddig	eddig	addig	u u	(végig)*	semeddig	ameddig	v	a b	–
: Mindeddig/-addig* mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig). Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”). né- (“some”) forms compounds with few words.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Uralic *ku.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈhol]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: hol
Rhymes: -ol

Adverb edit

hol

(interrogative) where?
Synonym: merre? (see also its Usage notes)
- 1825, Mihály Vörösmarty, Zalán futása,^[1] canto 1, lines 5–6, translation by Watson Kirkconnell and Adam Makkai:
  Hol vagyon, aki merész ajakát hadi dalnak eresztvén, / A riadó vak mélységet fölverje szavával, […]
  Where is the one who, with lips all bold, could thunder a war-song / rousing the gloom of the deep and unsighty abysses, […]

Derived terms edit

Compound words

Conjunction edit

hol

now… now, sometimes… sometimes, either… or
Hol itt, hol ott bukkant ki egy delfin a vízből. ― Sometimes here, sometimes there, a dolphin would pop out of the water.

Mindig van valami: hol áramszünet, hol csőtörés. ― There’s always something: either it’s a blackout or a burst pipe.

Hol volt, hol nem volt, volt egyszer egy király. ― Once upon a time there was a king. (literally, “now there was, now there wasn’t…”)

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old English hol, from Proto-West Germanic *hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”).

Adjective edit

hol

hollow, empty
concave, sunken
holey (full of holes)

Alternative forms edit

hole, holle

Descendants edit

English: hole
Scots: holl, how, howe
Yola: hel

References edit

“hō̆l(e, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

hol

Alternative form of hole (“whole”)

Noun edit

hol

Alternative form of hole (“whole”)

Adverb edit

hol

Alternative form of hole (“wholly”)

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

hol (plural hols)

Alternative form of hole (“hole”)

Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

hol (plural hols)

Alternative form of hole (“hull”)

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse hóll.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /huːl/

Noun edit

hol m (definite singular holen, indefinite plural holer, definite plural holene)

a low hillock, a mound in a bog or on a flat

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse holr.

Adjective edit

hol (masculine and feminine hol, neuter holt, definite singular and plural hole, comparative holere, indefinite superlative holest, definite superlative holeste)

alternative form of hul

Etymology 3 edit

From Old Norse hol.

Alternative forms edit

hull

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /hoːl/

Noun edit

hol n (definite singular holet, indefinite plural hol, definite plural hola or holene)

form removed by a 2021 spelling decision; superseded by høl

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse holr, from Proto-Germanic *hulaz.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [hɞ̞ːl], [hɞ̞ːɽ]

Adjective edit

hol (neuter holt, definite singular and plural hole, comparative holare, indefinite superlative holast, definite superlative holaste)

hollow

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse hol. Akin to English hole and German Höhle.

Pronunciation edit

(Widespread forms) IPA^(key): [ho̞ːl], [ho̞ːɽ], [hɞ̞ːl], [hɞ̞ːɽ], [hɔlˑ], [hɶːl], [hɶːɽ], [høːl], [høːɽ] The latter ones often spelled as høl in dialectal or humorous settings.
- (Gudbrandsdalen) IPA^(key): [hu̞ɽ]
- (Setesdalen) IPA^(key): [hʊɔl]
- (Trøndelag and Solør) IPA^(key): [hɐːɽ], [hæːɽ]
- (Idd) IPA^(key): [hɵːɽ]

Noun edit

hol n (definite singular holet, indefinite plural hol, definite plural hola)

alternative spelling of hòl

Etymology 3 edit

From Old Norse hóll.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /huːl/

Noun edit

hol m (definite singular holen, indefinite plural holar, definite plural holane)

alternative spelling of hól

References edit

“hol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-West Germanic *hol (“hollow space, cavity”).

Alternative forms edit

hola

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /xol/, [hol]

Noun edit

hol n

hole

Usage notes edit

Hol refers only to a hole in the ground. For any other kind of hole, þȳrel is used.

Declension edit

Declension of hol (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hol	holu
accusative	hol	holu
genitive	holes	hola
dative	hole	holum

Derived terms edit

holian

Descendants edit

Middle English: hole, hol, ol, ole, holle, hoil, houl, hul
- English: hole (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: hole
- Yola: hullès (plural)

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Germanic *hōlą (“vain speech, slander, calumny”), from Proto-Indo-European *kēl-, *ḱēl- (“invocation; to beguile, feign, charm, cajole, deceive”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /xoːl/, [hoːl]

Noun edit

hōl n

calumny; slander

Declension edit

Declension of hol (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hōl	hōl
accusative	hōl	hōl
genitive	hōles	hōla
dative	hōle	hōlum

Related terms edit

References edit

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hol”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old English to Modern English Translator

Old High German edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *hol, whence also Old English hol, Old Norse holr.

Adjective edit

hol

hollow

Noun edit

hol n

hollow

Descendants edit

Middle High German: hol
- Alemannic German: hol
- German: hohl
- Luxembourgish: huel

Old Norse edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Germanic *hulą.

Noun edit

hol n

a hole

Declension edit

Declension of hol (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hol	holit	hol	holin
accusative	hol	holit	hol	holin
dative	holi	holinu	holum	holunum
genitive	hols	holsins	hola	holanna

Related terms edit

holr (“hollow”)

Descendants edit

Icelandic: hol
Faroese: hol
Norwegian Nynorsk: hol
- → Norwegian Bokmål: hol, høl
Old Swedish: hol, hul
- Swedish: hål, (dialectal) hôl
Old Danish: hol
- Danish: hul
  - Norwegian Bokmål: hull
→? Norman: houle (unless from Frankish *hol)
- → French: houle

Etymology 2 edit

Adjective edit

hol

strong feminine nominative singular of holr
strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of holr

References edit

“hol”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /xɔl/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔl
Syllabification: hol

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from English hall, from Proto-Germanic *hallō. Doublet of hala (“concourse, hall”).

Noun edit

hol m inan (diminutive holik)

hall, hallway
lobby
Synonyms: kuluar, lobby
vestibule, anteroom
Synonyms: przedsionek, przysienie, sień

Declension edit

Declension of hol

	singular	plural
nominative	hol	hole
genitive	holu	holi/holów
dative	holowi	holom
accusative	hol	hole
instrumental	holem	holami
locative	holu	holach
vocative	holu	hole

Related terms edit

sala

Etymology 2 edit

Back-formation from holować,^[1] from German holen.^[2]

Noun edit

hol m inan

haul, tow

Declension edit

Declension of hol

	singular	plural
nominative	hol	hole
genitive	holu	holi
dative	holowi	holom
accusative	hol	hole
instrumental	holem	holami
locative	holu	holach
vocative	holu	hole

Related terms edit

References edit

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French hall.

Noun edit

hol n (plural holuri)

hall
lobby

Declension edit

Declension of hol

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) hol	holul	(niște) holuri	holurile
genitive/dative	(unui) hol	holului	(unor) holuri	holurilor
vocative	holule		holurilor

Saterland Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian hol, from Proto-West Germanic *hol. Cognates include German hohl and West Frisian hol.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /hɔl/
Hyphenation: hol
Rhymes: -ɔl

Adjective edit

hol (masculine hollen, feminine, plural or definite holle, comparative holler, superlative holst)

hollow

Derived terms edit

Hollound

References edit

Marron C. Fort (2015) “hol”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From English hall.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [hol]

Noun edit

hol (definite accusative holü, plural holler)

hall

Synonyms edit

sofa

Uzbek edit

Other scripts
Cyrillic	ҳол (hol)‍
Latin	hol‍
Perso-Arabic

Etymology edit

From Arabic حَال (ḥāl).

Noun edit

hol (plural hollar)

(grammar) adverb

Yola edit

Etymology edit

A metathesis from Middle English *hlowen, from Old English hlōwan. Compare also galshied (“glance”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /hɔːɫ/
Homophones: hole, houle

Verb edit

hol

to bawl

References edit

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 46

[1] ttps://sjp.pwn.pl/doroszewski/hol-I;5433490.html

[2] ttps://sjp.pwn.pl/doroszewski/holowac;5433516.html

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