alcól

See also: alcol and alcòl

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French alcohol, from Arabic اَلْكُحْل (al-kuḥl, “kohl”).

Noun

alcól m (genitive singular alcóil)

1. alcohol, spirit

Declension

Declension of alcól

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative alcól Vocative a alcóil Genitive alcóil Dative alcól

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an t-alcól Genitive an alcóil Dative leis an alcól don alcól

Derived terms

• alcól adhmaid m (“wood alcohol”)
• alcól aimile m (“amyl alcohol”)
• alcól cuimilte m (“rubbing alcohol”)
• alcól eitile m (“ethyl alcohol”)
• alcól lagaithe m (“denatured alcohol”)
• alcól meitile m (“methyl alcohol”)
• alcól prátaí m (“potato-spirit”)
• alcólach (“alcoholic”, adjective)
• cioróis alcóil f (“alcoholic cirrhosis”)
• dé-alcól m (“di-alcohol”)
• deoch alcóil f (“alcoholic drink”)
• lampa alcóil m (“spirit-lamp”)
• mí-úsáid alcóil f (“alcohol abuse”)
• smugláil alcóil f (“bootlegging”)
• smuglálaí alcóil m (“bootlegger”)
• vearnais alcóil f (“spirit varnish”)

 

Related terms

• deoch mheisciúil f (“alcoholic drink”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alcól	n-alcól	halcól	t-alcól
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alcól”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “alcól”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “alcól”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024