jól
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)
- 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
- Eg gleði meg til jóla.
- Yule, Yuletide
Declension edit
Declension of jól (plural only) | ||
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n3p | plural | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | jól | jólini |
accusative | jól | jólini |
dative | jólum | jólunum |
genitive | jóla | jólanna |
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Lexicalization of jó (“good”) + -l (adverb-of-manner suffix).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
jól (comparative jobban, superlative legjobban)
Derived terms edit
Compound words
Prefixed verbs
Expressions
References edit
- ^ 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.)
- ^ 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
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)
Declension edit
declension of jól
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)
- yule, midwinter season
Declension edit
Declension of jól, (strong a-stem, plural only)
Derived terms edit
- jólaaptann m
- jólaboð n
- jóladagr m
- jóladrykkja f
- jólafasta f
- jólafriðr m
- jólagjǫf f
- jólahald n
- jólakveld n
- jólamorginn m
- jólanátt f, jólanótt f
- jólatíðir f pl
- jólaveizla f
- jólavist f
- jólaǫl n
- jólnir m
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: jól
- Faroese: jól
- Norwegian Nynorsk: jol
- Old Swedish: iūl
- Swedish: jul
- Old Danish: iūl
- 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.