dola

See also: dolá, dóla, dolą, døla, and dɔla

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: dolas, dolât

Verb

dola

1. third-person singular past historic of doler

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From English dollar.

Noun

dola

1. dollar

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɔlˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠʌlˠə/

Etymology 1

From Middle English thō̆le (“a peg”), from Old English þol, þoll (“oar-pin, rowlock; thole”), from Proto-Germanic *þullaz, *þullō (“beam; thole”).

Noun

dola m (genitive singular dola, nominative plural dolaí)

1. thole-pin
2. (wooden) peg

Declension

Declension of dola

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative dola dolaí Vocative a dhola a dholaí Genitive dola dolaí Dative dola dolaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dola na dolaí Genitive an dola na ndolaí Dative leis an dola don dola leis na dolaí

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dolud.

Alternative forms

• doladh, dolaidh

Noun

dola m (genitive singular dola, nominative plural dolaí)

1. harm, damage
2. loss, distress
3. charge, expense
4. imposition, burden
5. toll
6. tax, tribute

Declension

Declension of dola

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative dola dolaí Vocative a dhola a dholaí Genitive dola dolaí Dative dola dolaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an dola na dolaí Genitive an dola na ndolaí Dative leis an dola don dola leis na dolaí

Derived terms

• bóthar dola
• doladhroichead, droichead dola
• dola-phlás, plás dola

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dola m

1. inflection of dol (“snare”):
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/vocative/dative plural

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dola	dhola	ndola
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “dolud, dolaid ‘distress; charge’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “dola ‘thole-pin’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 255
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “dolaiḋ ‘thole-pin’”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 255
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “dola”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “dola” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “dola” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “dola”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Latin

Verb

dolā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dolō

References

• dola in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtola/

Noun

dola

1. accusative/genitive singular of dolla

Phuthi

Verb

-dola

1. to swim

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Pijin

Etymology

From English dollar.

Noun

dola

1. dollar

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dòľa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.la/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Syllabification: do‧la

Noun

dola f

1. (dated or poetic) destiny, fate
2. (colloquial, crime) cut (share of goods from a robbery)

Declension

Declension of dola

	singular	plural
nominative	dola	dole
genitive	doli	dól/dol
dative	doli	dolom
accusative	dolę	dole
instrumental	dolą	dolami
locative	doli	dolach
vocative	dolo	dole

Derived terms

• niedola

 

Further reading

• dola in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dola in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “dola”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English dollar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.lɐ/

Noun

dola m (plural dolas)

1. (Azores) money

Swahili

dola

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English dollar.

Noun

dola (n class, plural dola)

1. dollar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic دَوْلَة‎ (dawla).

Noun

dola (ma class, plural madola)

1. state (sovereign polity)

See also

• nchi
• taifa