jól

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See also: jol, Jol, jòl, jöl, Jöl, joł, and -joł

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse jól, cognate with Danish, Norwegian, Swedish jul, Icelandic jól, Old English geōl and English Yule, from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *yekə- (“joke, play”).

Pronunciation

Noun

jól n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural jóla)

  1. Christmas
    Eg gleði meg til jóla.
    I am looking forward to Christmas.
    eg fekk tað til jóla í fjør
    I got it as a Christmas present last year
  2. Yule, Yuletide

Declension

Declension of jól (plural only)
n3p plural
indefinite definite
nominative jól jólini
accusative jól jólini
dative jólum jólunum
genitive jóla jólanna

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of jó (“good”) +‎ -l (adverb-of-manner suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -oːl

Adverb

jól (comparative jobban, superlative legjobban)

  1. well, fine
    A: Hogy vagy? B: Köszönöm, jól. ― A: How are you? B: Fine, thank you.

Derived terms

Compound words
Prefixed verbs
Expressions

References

  1. ^ jól in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading

  • jól in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

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Etymology

From Old Norse jól, from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *yekə- (“joke, play”).

Pronunciation

Noun

jól n pl (plurale tantum)

  1. Christmas, Noel
  2. Yule

Declension

declension of jól
n-s plural
indefinite definite
nominative jól jólin
accusative jól jólin
dative jólum jólunum
genitive jóla jólanna

Derived terms

References

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, *jeulō, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *yekə- (“joke, play”).

Noun

jól n pl (genitive jóla)

  1. yule, midwinter season

Declension

  Declension of jól, (strong a-stem, plural only)
neuter plural
indefinite definite
nominative jól jólin
accusative jól jólin
dative jólum jólunum
genitive jóla jólanna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: jól
  • Faroese: jól
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jol
  • Old Swedish: iūl
  • Old Danish: iūl
    • Danish: jul
      • Norwegian Bokmål: jul
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: jul (partially from an earlier East Nordic borrowing)
      • → German: Jul
      • → Greenlandic: juulli
  • Old Gutnish: iaul
  • →? Old French: jolif (see there for further descendants)

References

  • jól in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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