Pól

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pol"

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔl]

Proper noun

Pól m

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Paul

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Pól: Pólsson [ˈpœlsɔn]
• daughter Pól: Pólsdóttir [ˈpɔlsˌdœtːɪr]

The fact that the pronunciation of Pólsson makes out of /poul/ a /pøl/ made the Faroese writer and musician Petur Pólson Jensen, to write his patronymic name with only one S.

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Pól
Accusative	Pól
Dative	Póli
Genitive	Póls

Alternative forms

• see Páll

Irish

Etymology

From Latin Paulus, perhaps via Anglo-Norman Pol and/or English Paul.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /pˠoːlˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /pˠɔːlˠ/

Proper noun

Pól m (genitive Phóil)

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Paul

Declension

Declension of Pól

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Pól Vocative a Phóil Genitive Póil Dative Pól

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an Pól Genitive an Phóil Dative leis an bPól don Phól

Derived terms

• galar Póil (“falling-sickness, epilepsy”)
• Naomh Pól (“Saint Paul”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Pól	Phól	bPól
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.