aol

See also: AOL and äol.

Amis

Noun

aol

1. bamboo

References

• “Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎^[1] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish áel (“lime, chalk”).

Noun

aol m (genitive singular aoil, nominative plural aolta)

1. lime (inorganic material containing calcium)
   1. (literary, in compounds as a pseudo-prefix) lime-white
2. whitewash (lime and water mixture)

Declension

Declension of aol

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative aol aolta Vocative a aoil a aolta Genitive aoil aolta Dative aol aolta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-aol na haolta Genitive an aoil na n-aolta Dative leis an aol don aol leis na haolta

Derived terms

• áith aoil f (“lime-kiln”)
• aol beo m (“quicklime”)
• aol sliogán m (“shell-lime”)
• aol teilgthe m, aol sceite m (“slaked lime”)
• aoladh m (“liming”)
• aolbhrugh m (“white mansion”)
• aolchlais f (“lime-pit”)
• aolchloch f (“limestone; white castle”)
• aolchneas m (“fair skin”)
• aolchoinneal f (“stalagmite”)
• aolchorp m (“white body”)
• aolchrobh m (“fair hand”)
• aoldathaigh (“whitewash”, transitive verb)
• aoldath m (“lime-colour; whitewash”)
• aolgheal (“lime-white”, adjective)
• aolghealadh m (“(act of) whitewashing; whitewash”)
• aolmhar (“limy; lime-white”, adjective)
• aolta (“limed”, adjective)
• aoluisce m, uisce aoil m (“limewater”)
• cloch aoil f (“limestone”)
• teilgean aoil m (“slaking of lime”)
• teilgeoir aoil m (“slaker of lime”)

 

Verb

aol (present analytic aolann, future analytic aolfaidh, verbal noun aoladh, past participle aolta)

1. (transitive) lime, whitewash
2. (intransitive) whiten, grow white

Conjugation

conjugation of aol (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	aolaim	aolann tú; aolair†	aolann sé, sí	aolaimid	aolann sibh	aolann siad; aolaid†	a aolann; a aolas / a n-aolann*; a n-aolas*	aoltar
	past	d'aol mé; d'aolas / aol mé‡; aolas‡	d'aol tú; d'aolais / aol tú; aolais‡	d'aol sé, sí / aol sé, sí‡	d'aolamar; d'aol muid / aolamar; aol muid‡	d'aol sibh; d'aolabhair / aol sibh; aolabhair‡	d'aol siad; d'aoladar / aol siad; aoladar‡	a d'aol / ar aol*	aoladh; haoladh†
	past habitual	d'aolainn / aolainn‡; n-aolainn‡‡	d'aoltá / aoltá‡; n-aoltᇇ	d'aoladh sé, sí / aoladh sé, sí‡; n-aoladh sé, s퇇	d'aolaimis; d'aoladh muid / aolaimis; aoladh muid‡; n-aolaimis‡‡; n-aoladh muid‡‡	d'aoladh sibh / aoladh sibh‡; n-aoladh sibh‡‡	d'aolaidís; d'aoladh siad / aolaidís; aoladh siad‡; n-aolaidís‡‡; n-aoladh siad‡‡	a d'aoladh / a n-aoladh*	d'aoltaí / aoltaí‡; n-aolta퇇
future		aolfaidh mé; aolfad	aolfaidh tú; aolfair†	aolfaidh sé, sí	aolfaimid; aolfaidh muid	aolfaidh sibh	aolfaidh siad; aolfaid†	a aolfaidh; a aolfas / a n-aolfaidh*; a n-aolfas*	aolfar
conditional		d'aolfainn / aolfainn‡; n-aolfainn‡‡	d'aolfá / aolfá‡; n-aolfᇇ	d'aolfadh sé, sí / aolfadh sé, sí‡; n-aolfadh sé, s퇇	d'aolfaimis; d'aolfadh muid / aolfaimis‡; aolfadh muid‡; n-aolfaimis‡‡; n-aolfadh muid‡‡	d'aolfadh sibh / aolfadh sibh‡; n-aolfadh sibh‡‡	d'aolfaidís; d'aolfadh siad / aolfaidís‡; aolfadh siad‡; n-aolfaidís‡‡; n-aolfadh siad‡‡	a d'aolfadh / a n-aolfadh*	d'aolfaí / aolfaí‡; n-aolfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go n-aola mé; go n-aolad†	go n-aola tú; go n-aolair†	go n-aola sé, sí	go n-aolaimid; go n-aola muid	go n-aola sibh	go n-aola siad; go n-aolaid†	—	go n-aoltar
	past	dá n-aolainn	dá n-aoltá	dá n-aoladh sé, sí	dá n-aolaimis; dá n-aoladh muid	dá n-aoladh sibh	dá n-aolaidís; dá n-aoladh siad	—	dá n-aoltaí
imperative		aolaim	aol	aoladh sé, sí	aolaimis	aolaigí; aolaidh†	aolaidís	—	aoltar
verbal noun		aoladh
past participle		aolta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

Alternative forms

• aolaigh

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 áel”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aol”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aol”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024