Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

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

  1. drink
  2. booze, carouse

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

òl m (genitive singular òil)

  1. verbal noun of òl

Derived terms edit

References edit

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