hól

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [houːl]
• Rhymes: -ouːl

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hól.

Noun

hól n (genitive singular hóls, no plural)

1. praise, compliments

Declension

Declension of hól (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	hól	hólið
accusative	hól	hólið
dative	hóli	hólinu
genitive	hóls	hólsins

Related terms

• hæla

Etymology 2

See hóll.

Noun

hól m

1. indefinite accusative singular of hóll
2. indefinite dative singular of hóll

Irish

Noun

hól m

1. h-prothesized form of ól

Verb

hól

1. h-prothesized form of ól

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• hóľ (alternative writing)

Etymology

Probably inherited from Proto-Slavic *golь. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *golъ (“leafless”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɣoːl/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈɦu̯ol/

Noun

hól f

1. stick, staff (cane or walking stick)

Declension

Declension of hól (i-stem quant-alt)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	hól	holi	holi
genitive	holi	hoľú	holí
dative	holi	holma	holem
accusative	hól	holi	holi
vocative	holi	holi	holi
locative	holi	hoľú	holech
instrumental	hoľú	holma	holmi

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Derived terms

• hólka

 

Descendants

• Czech: hůl

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “hól”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění