jól

See also: jol and jöl

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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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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):

• jóllehet

(Expressions):

• új seprű jól seper

References

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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
• jólaköttur
• jólalag
• jólaleyfi
• jólaleyti
• 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:

  Bokmål: jul

  Nynorsk: jul, jol

• Old Swedish: iūl
  • Swedish: jul
• Old Danish: iūl
  • Danish: jul
    • → Norwegian: jul
    • → German: Jul
      • → Dutch: joel
      • ⇒ German: Julfest
        • → Dutch: joelfeest
    • → Greenlandic: juulli
• → Finnish: joulu (via early plural *jǫulu or *jólu)
• → Ingrian: joulu
•  ? → Old French: jolif, joli
  • French: joli
  • → Middle English: joli, jolie, golli, yoli, yolie, jolif, jolife, jolef, joili
    • English: jolly

References

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