Pól

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pol"

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔl]

Proper noun

Pól m

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Paul

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Pól: Pólsson [ˈpœlsɔn]
• daughter Pól: Pólsdóttir [ˈpɔlsˌdœtːɪr]

The fact that the pronunciation of Pólsson makes out of /poul/ a /pøl/ made the Faroese writer and musician Petur Pólson Jensen, to write his patronymic name with only one S.

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Pól
accusative	Pól
dative	Póli
genitive	Póls

Alternative forms

• see Páll

Irish

Etymology

From Latin Paulus, perhaps via Anglo-Norman Pol and/or English Paul.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /pˠoːlˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /pˠɔːlˠ/

Proper noun

Pól m (genitive Phóil)

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Paul

Declension

Declension of Pól (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Pól vocative a Phóil genitive Póil dative Pól forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Pól genitive an Phóil dative leis an bPól don Phól

Derived terms

• galar Póil (“falling-sickness, epilepsy”)
• Naomh Pól (“Saint Paul”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Pól

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Pól	Phól	bPól

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.