olc

From Old Irish olc, from Proto-Celtic *ulkos.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɔl̪ˠk/^[2], /ol̪ˠk/^[3], /ɔlˠk/^[4]
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈolˠək/^[5]

olc m (genitive singular oilc, nominative plural oilc)

1. evil
2. bad (in the world; of people, things)
3. misfortune
4. grudge

olc (genitive singular masculine oilc, genitive singular feminine oilce, plural olca, comparative measa)

1. bad, evil
2. unfortunate
3. wicked

• dona
• droch-

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “olc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

• olcc, elc

From Proto-Celtic *ulkos, of uncertain etymology. May be related to Latin ulcus and English ill. Alternatively, it may be from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”), although there are considerable phonological and semantic difficulties with this etymology.

• IPA^(key): [olk]

olc (comparative messa, superlative mesam)

1. bad, evil
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 51^b10

     In tan as·mber Dauid “intellectum tibi dabo”, sech is arde són do·mbéra Día do neuch nod·n-eirbea ind ⁊ génas triit con·festar cid as imgabthi do dénum di ulc ⁊ cid as déinti dó di maith. Aithesc trá lesom insin a persin Dǽ.

     When David says, “I will give thee understanding”, that is a sign that God will give to everyone that will trust in him, and work through him, that he may know what evil he must avoid doing, and what good he must do. He has then here a reply in the person of God.

2. (nominalized, neuter) evil
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 144^d3

     Nach torbatu coitchenn ro·boí indib fri dénum n-uilc, at·rubalt tar hǽsi á pectha.

     Any common advantage that had been in them for doing evil, it has perished for their sin.

Due to the adjective's near-exclusive use as a nominative predicative adjective (with the prefix droch serving attributive function), inflections of the adjective are rarely, if ever, encountered. However, inflections of substantivized forms of this adjective are common.

• Irish: olc
• Manx: olk
• Scottish Gaelic: olc

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “olc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Old Irish olc, from Proto-Celtic *ulkos.

• (Lewis, Harris) IPA^(key): /ɔl̪ˠk/^[1], [ɔl̪̊ˠk]^[2]
• (Uist, Barra, Skye) IPA^(key): /ɔl̪ˠxk/, [ɔl̪̊ˠxk]^[3][4]

olc m (genitive uilc, plural uilc)

1. evil, wickedness

   Nar fhaiceam olc, nar chluinneam olc, nar labhram olc. ― See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

   Chan eil cleith air an olc ach gun a dhèanamh. ― The only way to conceal evil is not to commit it.

2. harm, hurt
3. infamy, mischief, wrongdoing

olc (comparative miosa, qualitative noun miosad)

1. evil, wicked, bad

   'S olc an comharradh air a' chreig na h-eòin a bhith a' falbh aiste ― It's a bad sign on the rock for the birds to go away.

2. infamous, untoward, reprobate

• dona
• droch