Pól

• IPA^(key): [pɔl]

Pól m

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Paul

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.

• see Páll

From Old Irish Pól, from Latin Paulus.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /pˠoːl̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /pˠoːlˠ/^[1]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /pˠɔːlˠ/^[2]

Pól m (genitive Phóil)

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Paul

• galar Póil (“falling-sickness, epilepsy”)
• Naomh Pól (“Saint Paul”)

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Pól”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 853; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Pól”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Latin Paulus.

• IPA^(key): [poːl]

Pól m (genitive Póil)

1. (biblical) Paul of Tarsus
2. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Paul

• c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 23^c11

  Forsin testimin-so .i. a brith frisa ndliged remeperthe, et is fri Pól berir amal ṡodin, .i. is hed inso sís ro·chlos et ad·chess inna bésaib et a gnímaib. Aliter saigid inple⟨te⟩ gaudium rl.: is sí mo ḟáilte inso sí qua rl. in Christo. Bad hí Críst má beith nach fáilte dúibsi, et ní frissom amal ṡodin. […] Má nud·tectid na huili-se inplete .i. dénid a n‑as·berar frib.

  On this text, i.e. its reference to the above-mentioned rule, and [with reference] to Paul it is referred in that case, i.e. this below is what was heard and seen in his morals and deeds. Otherwise, it approaches implete gaudium etc.: this is my joy si qua etc. in Christo. Let it be in Christ if you pl have any joy, and [it refers] not to him in that case. […] If you have all these, implete i.e. do what is said to you.

• Irish: Pól
• Manx: Paayl
• Scottish Gaelic: Pòl, Pàl