Pól

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pol"

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pɔl]

Proper noun

Pól m

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)

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.