Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōl (sun).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sól f (genitive singular sólar, plural sólir)

  1. sun

Declension

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f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sól sólin sólir sólirnar
accusative sól sólina sólir sólirnar
dative sól sólini sólum sólunum
genitive sólar sólarinnar sóla sólanna

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōl (sun).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /souːl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ouːl

Noun

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sól f (genitive singular sólar, nominative plural sólir)

  1. the sun (star which illuminates one side of the Earth)
    • Á Sprengisandi (“On Sprengisandur”) by Grímur Thomsen
      Ríðum, ríðum og rekum yfir sandinn,
      rennur sól á bak við Arnarfell,
      hér á reiki er margur óhreinn andinn,
      úr því fer að skyggja á jökulsvell;
      Drottinn leiði drösulinn minn,
      drjúgur verður síðasti áfanginn.
      Ride, ride, ride hard across the sands,
      the sun is settling behind Arnarfell.
      Here many spirits of the dark
      threaten in the gloom over the glacier's ice.
      The Lord leads my horse,
      it is still a long, long way home.
    Sólin er björt.The sun is bright.
    Synonyms: (poetic) röðull, (poetic) sunna
  2. sun (applied to any star or used metaphorically)

Usage notes=

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  • The archaic declensions sólu (indef. acc. and dat. sg.), sóluna (def. acc. sg.) sólunni (def. dat. sg.) are sometimes used. Compare jörð, mörk (especially Danmörk) and nótt.

Declension

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Declension of sól (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sól sólin sólir sólirnar
accusative sól, sólu1 sólina, sóluna2 sólir sólirnar
dative sól, sólu1 sólinni, sólunni2 sólum sólunum
genitive sólar sólarinnar sóla, sólna sólanna, sólnanna

1Literary.
2Rare.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
  • Kristín Bjarnadóttir, editor (2002–2025), “sól”, in Beygingarlýsing íslensks nútímamáls [The Database of Modern Icelandic Inflection] (in Icelandic), Reykjavík: The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
  • Mörður Árnason (2019) Íslensk orðabók, 5th edition, Reykjavík: Forlagið
  • “sól” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Further reading

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *sōl (sun).

Noun

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sól f (genitive sólar)

  1. sun
    Synonym: sunna

Declension

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Declension of sól (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sól sólin sólar, sólir sólarnar, sólirnar
accusative sól sólina sólar, sólir sólarnar, sólirnar
dative sól, sólu sólinni, sólunni sólum sólunum
genitive sólar sólarinnar sóla sólanna

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: sól
  • Faroese: sól
  • Norn: sul
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sol
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sol
  • Old Swedish: sōl
  • Danish: sol
  • Gutnish: sol, soli
  • Scots: sul, sool

Polish

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sól

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Polish sól, from Proto-Slavic *sȍlь.

Noun

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sól f (related adjective solny)

  1. salt (common substance, NaCl)
  2. (chemistry) salt
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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sól

  1. second-person singular imperative of solić

Further reading

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  • sól in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sól in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • sól in PWN's encyclopedia

Romagnol

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin sōl (sun).

Pronunciation

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  • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key): [ˈsoːl]

Noun

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sól m (plural sul) (Central Romagna)

  1. sun