oll-

See also: oll, Oll, OLL, öll, and Oll.

Irish

Alternative forms

• il-

Etymology

From oll (“great; huge, vast, immense”).

Prefix

oll-

1. great

   Synonyms: mór-, mór

2. gross

   Synonym: comhlán

3. mass
4. general

   Synonym: ginearálta

5. landslide

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with oll-

olladhlacadh

oll-ardchlár

ollbhasún

ollbhua

ollchathair

ollchlár

olldord

ollfhathach

ollghuthach

olliompar

ollionad

ollmhargadh

ollmhéid

ollmhór

ollphanda

ollphláinéad

ollphléasc

ollscoil

ollscolaíocht

olltáirgeacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of oll-

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
oll-	n-oll-	holl-	t-oll-

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “oll-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “oll-”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025