hol

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See also: Hol, hól, hòl, hol., hol-, hol', hôľ, høl, and höl

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hol, from Middle Dutch hol, from Old Dutch *hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą.

Pronunciation

Noun

hol (plural holle, diminutive holletjie)

  1. A hole, a hollow, a cavity.

Adjective

hol (attributive hol, comparative holler, superlative holste)

  1. hollow

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulaz. Cognate with German hohl, Dutch hol, Saterland Frisian hol, English hollow, Icelandic holur, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "gmq-bot" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF..

Adjective

hol

  1. (Uri) hollow

References

Bouyei

Pronunciation

Noun

hol

  1. garlic

Czech

Pronunciation

Verb

Template:cs-verb-form

  1. second-person singular imperative of holit

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɔl/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: hol
  • Rhymes: -ɔl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hol, from Old Dutch *hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą.

Noun

hol n (plural holen, diminutive holletje n)

  1. A hole, hollow, cavity
  2. (nautical) A cargo hold
  3. (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.
  4. (by extension) Any other bodily cavity that resembles a hole
  5. An artificial opening such as a slit
  6. burrow (a hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, like a rabbit, used as a dwelling)
  7. (figuratively) An unsanitary and/or unpleasant place; shithole
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: hol

Adjective

hol (comparative holler, superlative holst)

  1. hollow, having an empty space inside
Inflection
Declension of hol
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 —
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Deverbal from hollen.

Noun

hol m (plural hollen, diminutive holletje n)

  1. A run, the action running
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Unknown, perhaps cognate with English hill. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

hol f (plural hollen, diminutive holletje n)

  1. A small height in the landscape, such as
    1. a hill (like the Utrecht city wall ruins)
    2. a sloping road (as in Rotterdam)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hol

  1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of hollen
  2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of hollen

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą, noun-derivation from *hulaz (“hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-, *kewH- (“hollow”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hol n (genitive singular hols, plural hol)

  1. hole
  2. cave
  3. (dentistry) cavity

Declension

Declension of hol
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

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ku.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

hol

  1. 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)

Adverb

hol

  1. (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, […]

Derived terms

Compound words

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hulą (“hollow space, cavity”) noun derivative of Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

hol n

  1. a hole, a hollow
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
      Mec hæleþ ūt tȳhþ of hole hātne. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of hol (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hol holu
accusative hol holu
genitive holes hola
dative hole holum
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hōlą (“vain speech, slander, calumny”), from Proto-Indo-European *kēl-, *ḱēl- (“invocation; to beguile, feign, charm, cajole, deceive”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hōl n

  1. calumny; slander
    • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.
      Ðæs dēopne āþ Drihten āswōr and ðone mid sōðe swylce gefrymede ðæt hē hine for hōle ǣr ne āswōre gehēt Dauide swā hē him dyde syððan. ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of hol (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hōl hōl
accusative hōl hōl
genitive hōles hōla
dative hōle hōlum
Related terms

References

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hulaz, whence also Old English hol, Old Norse holr.

Adjective

hol

  1. hollow

Noun

hol n

  1. hollow

Descendants

  • Middle High German: hol

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /xɔl/

Etymology 1

From English hall.

Noun

hol m inan (diminutive holik)

  1. hall, hallway
  2. lobby
  3. vestibule, anteroom

Declension

Declension of hol
singular plural
nominative hol hole
genitive holu holi/holów
dative holowi holom
accusative hol hole
instrumental holem holami
locative holu holach
vocative holu hole

Synonyms

(lobby):

(vestibule):

Related terms

Etymology 2

Back-formation from holować,[1] from German holen.[2]

Noun

hol m inan

  1. haul, tow

Declension

Declension of hol
singular plural
nominative hol hole
genitive holu holi
dative holowi holom
accusative hol hole
instrumental holem holami
locative holu holach
vocative holu hole

Related terms

References

  1. ^ https://sjp.pwn.pl/doroszewski/hol-I;5433490.html
  2. ^ https://sjp.pwn.pl/doroszewski/holowac;5433516.html

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulaz. More at hollow.

Adjective

hol

  1. hollow

Turkish

Etymology

From English hall.

Noun

hol

  1. hall

Synonyms

Uzbek

Other scripts
Cyrillic ҳол (hol)‍
Latin hol‍
Perso-Arabic

Noun

hol (plural hollar)

  1. (grammar) adverb
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