wolt

== English == === Verb === wolt (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of woll == Fingallian == === Etymology === From Middle English volte, from Old French volte. Cognate with Middle Scots vault (“eyebrow”). === Noun === wolt (figurative) eyelash 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"): == Middle Low German == === Pronunciation === Stem vowel: ô² IPA(key): (originally) /wɔːlt/, /wɔlt/ While the combination /ld/ originally lengthened the vowel in Old Saxon, in several Middle Low German dialects it was treated like a geminate, or had actually become /lː/, and in turn shortened long vowels occurring before it. Further, the vowel was shortened before /lt/ from final obstruent devoicing. Dialects then often begun to apply the more common vowel length across all forms. === Etymology 1 === From Old Saxon wāld, from Proto-West Germanic *walþu, see also Old English weald, Old Norse völlr. ==== Noun ==== wôlt or wolt m (genitive wôldes) a wood, a forest ===== Alternative forms ===== wôld ===== Descendants ===== Dutch Low Saxon: woold, woud German Low German: Woolt, Woold, Wold Plautdietsch: Woolt === Etymology 2 === From Old Saxon wāld. ==== Noun ==== wôlt or wolt alternative form of gewôlt == Polish == === Alternative forms === volt === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɔlt/ Rhymes: -ɔlt Syllabification: wolt === Etymology 1 === Named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. ==== Noun ==== wolt m inan volt (unit of measure) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== wolt f genitive plural of wolta === Further reading === “wolt”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “wolt”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)