jól

See also: jol and jöl

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɔuːl/
• Rhymes: -ɔuːl

Noun

jól n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural jóla)

1. Christmas
2. Yule

Declension

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

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Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjoːl]

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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

• jólesik
• jóllakik
• jóllehet

 

Expressions

• jól formált
• új seprű jól seper

 

Further reading

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

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jouːl/

  Rhymes: -ouːl

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

• jóladagur
• jólafasta
• jólafrí
• jólagjöf
• jólahelgi
• jólakvöld
• jólaköttur
• jólalag
• jólaleyfi
• jólaleyti
• jólaljós
• jólamatur
• jólanótt
• jólaskraut
• jólasteik
• jólasveinn
• jólasálmur
• jólatré

 

References

• jól

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Old Norse

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

• 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

 

Descendants

• Icelandic: jól
• Faroese: jól
• Norwegian Nynorsk: jol
• Old Swedish: iūl
  • Swedish: jul
• Old Danish: iūl
  • Danish: jul
    • Norwegian Bokmål: jul
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: jul (partially from an earlier East Nordic borrowing)
    • → German: Jul
      • → Dutch: joel
      • ⇒ German: Julfest
        • → Dutch: joelfeest
    • → Greenlandic: juulli
• → Finnish: joulu (via early plural *jǫulu or *jólu)
• → Ingrian: Joulu
• → Estonian: jõulud
• →? 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.