hol
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch hol, from Middle Dutch hol, from Old Dutch *hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą.
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hol (plural holle, diminutive holletjie)
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hol (attributive hol, comparative holler, superlative holste)
Alemannic German edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulaz. Cognate with German hohl, Dutch hol, Saterland Frisian hol, English hollow, Icelandic holur.
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hol
References edit
- Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 35.
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hol
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hol
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch hol, from Old Dutch *hol, from Proto-West Germanic *hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą.
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hol n (plural holen, diminutive holletje n)
- 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
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- 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
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hol (comparative holler, superlative holst)
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Declension of hol | ||||
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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 | — |
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Etymology 2 edit
Deverbal from hollen.
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hol m (plural hollen, diminutive holletje n)
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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.
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hol f (plural hollen, diminutive holletje n)
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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hol
- inflection of hollen:
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą, noun-derivation from *hulaz (“hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-, *kewH- (“hollow”).
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hol n (genitive singular hols, plural hol)
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Declension of hol | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hol | holið | hol | holini |
accusative | hol | holið | hol | holini |
dative | holi | holinum | holum | holunum |
genitive | hols | holsins | hola | holanna |
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hol
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Uralic *ku.
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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, […]
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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…”)
Further reading edit
- hol in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English hol, from Proto-West Germanic *hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”).
Adjective edit
hol
Alternative forms edit
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References edit
- “hō̆l(e, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
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hol
- Alternative form of hole (“whole”)
Noun edit
hol
- Alternative form of hole (“whole”)
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hol
- Alternative form of hole (“wholly”)
Etymology 3 edit
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hol (plural hols)
- Alternative form of hole (“hole”)
Etymology 4 edit
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hol (plural hols)
- Alternative form of hole (“hull”)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
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hol m (definite singular holen, indefinite plural holer, definite plural holene)
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hol (masculine and feminine hol, neuter holt, definite singular and plural hole, comparative holere, indefinite superlative holest, definite superlative holeste)
- alternative form of hul
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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.
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hol (neuter holt, definite singular and plural hole, comparative holare, indefinite superlative holast, definite superlative holaste)
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.
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hol n (definite singular holet, indefinite plural hol, definite plural hola)
- alternative spelling of hòl
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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”).
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hol n
Usage notes edit
Hol refers only to a hole in the ground. For any other kind of hole, þȳrel is used.
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Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *hōlą (“vain speech, slander, calumny”), from Proto-Indo-European *kēl-, *ḱēl- (“invocation; to beguile, feign, charm, cajole, deceive”).
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hōl n
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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
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From Proto-West Germanic *hol, whence also Old English hol, Old Norse holr.
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hol
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hol n
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Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *hulą.
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hol n
- a hole
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- holr (“hollow”)
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hol
References edit
- “hol”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from English hall, from Proto-Germanic *hallō. Doublet of hala (“concourse, hall”).
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hol m inan (diminutive holik)
- hall, hallway
- lobby
- vestibule, anteroom
- Synonyms: przedsionek, przysienie, sień
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Back-formation from holować,[1] from German holen.[2]
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hol m inan
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hol n (plural holuri)
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Saterland Frisian edit
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From Old Frisian hol, from Proto-West Germanic *hol. Cognates include German hohl and West Frisian hol.
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hol (masculine hollen, feminine, plural or definite holle, comparative holler, superlative holst)
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hol (definite accusative holü, plural holler)
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Other scripts | |
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Cyrillic | ҳол (hol) |
Latin | hol |
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hol (plural hollar)
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A metathesis from Middle English *hlowen, from Old English hlōwan. Compare also galshied (“glance”).
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- 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
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