Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish ól, from Proto-Celtic *ɸotlo- from Proto-Indo-European *pōtlo- (whence also Latin pōculum (drinking cup)) from *peh₃-.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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òl (past dh'òl, future òlaidh, verbal noun òl, past participle òlta)

  1. drink
  2. booze, carouse

Conjugation

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Noun

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òl m (genitive singular òil)

  1. verbal noun of òl

Derived terms

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References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “òl”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ól”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language