jól
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
jól n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural jóla)
DeclensionEdit
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 |
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Lexicalization of jó (“good”) + -l (adverb of manner suffix).[1][2]
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
jól (comparative jobban, superlative legjobban)
Derived termsEdit
(Compound words):
(Expressions):
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
- ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse jól, from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *yekə- (“joke, play”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
jól n pl (plurale tantum)
DeclensionEdit
declension of jól
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
Old NorseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, *jeulō, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *yekə- (“joke, play”).
NounEdit
jól n pl (genitive jóla)
- yule, midwinter season
DeclensionEdit
Declension of jól, (strong a-stem, plural only)
Derived termsEdit
- 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
DescendantsEdit
- Icelandic: jól
- Faroese: jól
- Norwegian:
- Old Swedish: iūl
- Swedish: jul
- Old Danish: iūl
- → Finnish: joulu (via early plural *jǫulu or *jólu)
- → Ingrian: Joulu
- → Estonian: jõulud
- →? Old French: jolif (see there for further descendants)
ReferencesEdit
- jól in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.