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]‎ (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish áel (“lime, chalk”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /iːlˠ/, /iːl̪ˠ/; (older) /ɯːlˠ/

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

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

Declension of aol

First declension

Derived terms

• áith aoil f (“lime-kiln”)
• aol beo m (“quicklime”)
• aol sceite m (“slaked lime”)
• aol sliogán m (“shell-lime”)
• aol teilgthe 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”)
• aoldath m (“lime-colour; whitewash”)
• aoldathaigh (“whitewash”, transitive verb)
• aolgheal (“lime-white”, adjective)
• aolghealadh m (“whitewash”)
• aolmhar (“limy; lime-white”, adjective)
• aolta (“limed”, adjective)
• aoluisce m (“limewater”)
• cloch aoil f (“limestone”)
• teilgean aoil m (“slaking of lime”)
• teilgeoir aoil m (“slaker of lime”)
• uisce aoil m (“limewater”)

 

Verb

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

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

   Synonym: bánaigh

Conjugation

		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*	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*	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

conjugation of aol (first conjugation – A)

* 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
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 49

Maranao

Verb

aol

1. to weave

Derived terms

• inaol

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya