aol

See also: AOL and äol.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish áel (“lime, chalk”).

Noun

aol m (genitive singular aoil, nominative plural aolta)

lime (inorganic material containing calcium)
1. (literary, in compounds as a pseudo-prefix) lime-white
whitewash (lime and water mixture)

Declension

Declension of aol

First 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

Derived terms

áith aoil f (“lime-kiln”)
aoladh m (“liming”)
aol beo m (“quicklime”)
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 (“(act of) whitewashing; whitewash”)
aolmhar (“limy; lime-white”, adjective)
aol sliogán m (“shell-lime”)
aolta (“limed”, adjective)
aol teilgthe m, aol sceite m (“slaked lime”)
aoluisce m, uisce aoil m (“limewater”)
cloch aoil f (“limestone”)
teilgean aoil m (“slaking of lime”)
teilgeoir aoil m (“slaker of lime”)

Verb

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

(transitive) lime, whitewash
(intransitive) whiten, grow white

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	aolaim	aolann tú; aolair^†	aolann sé, sí	aolaimid	aolann sibh	aolann siad; aolaid^†	a aolann; a aolas / a n-aolann; a n-aolas	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‡	d'aoltá / aoltá‡	d'aoladh sé, sí / aoladh sé, sí‡	d'aolaimis; d'aoladh muid / aolaimis; aoladh muid‡	d'aoladh sibh / aoladh sibh‡	d'aolaidís; d'aoladh siad / aolaidís; aoladh siad‡	a d'aoladh / ar aoladh*	d'aoltaí / aoltaí‡
	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; a n-aolfas	aolfar
conditional		d'aolfainn / aolfainn‡; n-aolfainn‡‡	d'aolfá / aolfá‡; n-aolfá‡‡	d'aolfadh sé, sí / aolfadh sé, sí‡; n-aolfadh sé, sí‡‡	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 / ar aolfadh*	d'aolfaí / aolfaí‡; n-aolfaí‡‡
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
subjunctive	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

* 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.

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