olh

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔʎ/

Noun

olh m (oblique plural olhs, nominative singular olhs, nominative plural olh)

1. eye
   • c. 1145, Bernard de Ventadour, Era.m cosselhatz, senhor:

     De l’aiga que dels olhs plor,

     Of the water that I'm crying from my eyes,

Descendants

• Occitan: uèlh