sól

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sol"

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɔuːl]

Noun

sól f (genitive singular sólar, plural sólir)

1. sun

Declension

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /souːl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ouːl

Noun

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=

• 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

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

• andsælis
• forsæla
• réttsælis
• sólarbirta
• sólargeisli
• sólarhringur
• sólarljós
• sólber
• sóley
• sólmyrkvi
• sólrún
• sólskin
• sæla
• sæll

References

• 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

• “sól” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
• sól in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sōl (“sun”).

Noun

sól f (genitive sólar)

1. sun

   Synonym: sunna

Declension

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

• ᛋᚢᛚ (sul), ᛌᚢᛚ (sul) — nominative singular, Runic form
• ᛋᛟᛚᚢ (sᴏlu) — dative singular, 600s, Runic form

Derived terms

• sólarár m (“solar year”)
• sólaráss m (“sun god”)
• sólarfall n (“sunset”)
• sólargangr m
• sólargeisli m (“sunbeam”)
• sólargoð m (“sun god”)
• sólarljós n (“sunlight”)
• sólarroð n (“sunrise, sunredding”)
• sólarsétr n (“sunrise, sunredding”)
• sunstone, lodestone m
• sólartár m (“amber”)
• sólarupprás f (“sunrise”)
• sólaröld f (“solar cycle of 28 years”)

Descendants

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

Polish

sól

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsul/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: sól
• Homophone: Sól

Etymology 1

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

Noun

sól f (related adjective solny)

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

Declension

Declension of sól

	singular	plural
nominative	sól	sole
genitive	soli	soli
dative	soli	solom
accusative	sól	sole
instrumental	solą	solami
locative	soli	solach
vocative	soli	sole

Derived terms

adjectives

• bezsolny
• solniskowy

nouns

• solarka
• solarnia
• solarstwo
• solarz
• solnictwo
• solnik
• solnisko

verbs

• solić impf

Related terms

adjectives

• słodki
• słony

nouns

• słonina
• słód

verbs

• słodzić impf

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sól

1. second-person singular imperative of solić

Further reading

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

Romagnol

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sōl (“sun”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sól m (plural sul) (Central Romagna)

1. sun