ool

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ool"

English

Etymology

From pool with the letter "p" (called pee) removed.

Noun

ool (plural ools)

1. (very rare, humorous) A swimming pool into which urinating is not allowed.

Gagauz

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اوغل (ogul) and Ottoman Turkish اوغل (oğul), both from Proto-Turkic *ogul. Compare Turkish oğul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːɫ/

Noun

ool (definite accusative oolu, plural oollar)

1. son

   oolum büük avtorlardan olacek

   my son will be one of the biggest authors

2. boy
3. descendant

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• ual (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt)
• uul (Goesharde)
• üülj (Mooring)
• uuil (Wiedingharde)

Etymology

From Old Frisian ald, from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to grow, nourish”).

Adjective

ool

1. (Heligoland) old