jól

See also: jol and jöl

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

Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of jó (“good”) +‎ -l (adverb of manner suffix).[1][2]

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):

(Expressions):

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
  2. Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

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

References

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
  • Danish: jul c
  • Faroese: jól n pl
  • Icelandic: jól n pl
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jol f, jul f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jul m or f
  • Swedish: jul c

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