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

Faroese edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Noun edit

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 edit

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

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Lexicalization of (good) +‎ -l (adverb-of-manner suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈjoːl]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -oːl

Adverb edit

jól (comparative jobban, superlative legjobban)

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

Derived terms edit

Compound words
Prefixed verbs
Expressions

References edit

  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 edit

  • 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 edit

 
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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

jól n pl (plurale tantum)

  1. Christmas, Noel
  2. Yule

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

Old Norse edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

jól n pl (genitive jóla)

  1. yule, midwinter season

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • 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 edit

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