òl

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ol"

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɔːɫ̪ ]

Verb

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

1. drink
2. booze, carouse

Noun

òl m (genitive singular òil)

1. verbal noun of òl

Derived terms

• misneachd òil
• seòmar-òil

References

• 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