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joll

English edit

Noun edit

joll (plural jolls)

  1. Alternative form of jol (“a party”)

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یول (yol).

Noun edit

joll m (plural jolle) (archaic, rare)

  1. way, road
    Synonyms: udhë, rrugë
  2. width
    Synonym: gjerësi

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References edit

  • Jungg, G. (1895) “joλ”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 50b
  • Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “*joll”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 231

Swedish edit

Noun edit

joll n

  1. (regional, Hälsingland region) (childish) silliness
    Har hon inte vågat åka ner för rutschkanan än? Vilket joll!
    Hasn't she dared go down the slide yet? What silliness!
    Ska de förbjuda det där nu också? Vilket joll!
    Are they going to make that illegal now too? How silly!

Usage notes edit

Often of people being (too) hesitant to do things, but also generally of things considered (childishly) ridiculous.

Declension edit

Declension of joll 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative joll jollet joll jollen
Genitive jolls jollets jolls jollens

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