hol
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch hol, from Middle Dutch hol, from Old Dutch *hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hol (plural holle, diminutive holletjie)
AdjectiveEdit
hol (attributive hol, comparative holler, superlative holste)
Alemannic GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old High German hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulaz. Cognate with German hohl, Dutch hol, Saterland Frisian hol, English hollow, Icelandic holur.
AdjectiveEdit
hol
ReferencesEdit
- Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 35.
BouyeiEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hol
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
hol
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch hol, from Old Dutch *hol, from Proto-West Germanic *hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą.
NounEdit
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
SynonymsEdit
- (hole): gat, opening
- (arse): aars, gat, reet
- (dug-out animal dwelling): leger, burcht, pijp
- (cavity): holte, uitsparing
Derived termsEdit
- 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
DescendantsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
hol (comparative holler, superlative holst)
InflectionEdit
Inflection 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 | — |
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Deverbal from hollen.
NounEdit
hol m (plural hollen, diminutive holletje n)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
Unknown, perhaps cognate with English hill. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
NounEdit
hol f (plural hollen, diminutive holletje n)
Etymology 4Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
hol
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą, noun-derivation from *hulaz (“hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-, *kewH- (“hollow”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hol n (genitive singular hols, plural hol)
DeclensionEdit
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 |
GermanEdit
VerbEdit
hol
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Uralic *ku.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
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, […]
- Hol vagyon, aki merész ajakát hadi dalnak eresztvén, / A riadó vak mélységet fölverje szavával, […]
Derived termsEdit
ConjunctionEdit
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 readingEdit
- 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 EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old English hol, from Proto-West Germanic *hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”).
AdjectiveEdit
hol
Alternative formsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “hō̆l(e, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2Edit
AdjectiveEdit
hol
- Alternative form of hole (“whole”)
NounEdit
hol
- Alternative form of hole (“whole”)
AdverbEdit
hol
- Alternative form of hole (“wholly”)
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
hol (plural hols)
- Alternative form of hole (“hole”)
Etymology 4Edit
NounEdit
hol (plural hols)
- Alternative form of hole (“hull”)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hol m (definite singular holen, indefinite plural holer, definite plural holene)
Etymology 2Edit
AdjectiveEdit
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 3Edit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hol n (definite singular holet, indefinite plural hol, definite plural hola or holene)
- form removed by a 2021 spelling decision; superseded by høl
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse holr, from Proto-Germanic *hulaz.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
hol (neuter holt, definite singular and plural hole, comparative holare, indefinite superlative holast, definite superlative holaste)
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Norse hol. Akin to English hole and German Höhle.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hol n (definite singular holet, indefinite plural hol, definite plural hola)
- alternative spelling of hòl
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hol m (definite singular holen, indefinite plural holar, definite plural holane)
- alternative spelling of hól
ReferencesEdit
- “hol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-West Germanic *hol (“hollow space, cavity”).
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hol n
Usage notesEdit
Hol refers only to a hole in the ground. For any other kind of hole, þȳrel is used.
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Germanic *hōlą (“vain speech, slander, calumny”), from Proto-Indo-European *kēl-, *ḱēl- (“invocation; to beguile, feign, charm, cajole, deceive”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
hōl n
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- 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 GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-West Germanic *hol, whence also Old English hol, Old Norse holr.
AdjectiveEdit
hol
NounEdit
hol n
DescendantsEdit
Old NorseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Germanic *hulą.
NounEdit
hol n
- a hole
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
- holr (“hollow”)
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
AdjectiveEdit
hol
ReferencesEdit
- “hol”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from English hall, from Proto-Germanic *hallō. Doublet of hala (“concourse, hall”).
NounEdit
hol m inan (diminutive holik)
- hall, hallway
- lobby
- vestibule, anteroom
- Synonyms: przedsionek, przysienie, sień
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Back-formation from holować,[1] from German holen.[2]
NounEdit
hol m inan
DeclensionEdit
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Further readingEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
hol n (plural holuri)
DeclensionEdit
Saterland FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Frisian hol, from Proto-West Germanic *hol. Cognates include German hohl and West Frisian hol.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
hol (masculine hollen, feminine, plural or definite holle, comparative holler, superlative holst)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
hol
SynonymsEdit
UzbekEdit
Other scripts | |
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Cyrillic | ҳол (hol) |
Latin | hol |
Perso-Arabic |
NounEdit
hol (plural hollar)
YolaEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
VerbEdit
hol
- to bawl
ReferencesEdit
- Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 46