jól

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See also: jol, Jol, jòl, jöl, Jöl, joł, and -joł

Faroese

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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jól n pl (plurale tantum, genitive plural jóla)

  1. Christmas
    Eg gleði meg til jóla.
    I am looking forward to Christmas.
    eg fekk tað til jóla í fjør
    I got it as a Christmas present last year
  2. Yule, Yuletide

Declension

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Declension of jól (plural only)
n3p plural
indefinite definite
nominative jól jólini
accusative jól jólini
dative jólum jólunum
genitive jóla jólanna

Hungarian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈjoːl]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oːl

Adverb

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jól (comparative jobban, superlative legjobban)

  1. well, fine
    A: Hogy vagy? B: Köszönöm, jól.A: How are you? B: Fine, thank you.

Derived terms

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Compound words
Prefixed verbs
Expressions

References

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  1. ^ jól in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. ^ Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (“Explanatory Dictionary Plus”). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Further reading

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  • jól in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse jól, from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *yekə- (joke, play).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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jól n pl (plurale tantum)

  1. Christmas, Noel
  2. Yule

Declension

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    Declension of jól
n-s plural
indefinite definite
nominative jól jólin
accusative jól jólin
dative jólum jólunum
genitive jóla jólanna

Derived terms

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References

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, *jeulō, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *yekə- (joke, play).

Noun

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jól n pl (genitive jóla)

  1. yule, midwinter season

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: jól
  • Faroese: jól
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jol
  • Old Swedish: iūl
  • Old Danish: iūl
    • Danish: jul
      • Norwegian Bokmål: jul
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: jul (partially from an earlier East Nordic borrowing)
      • German: Jul
      • Greenlandic: juulli
  • Old Gutnish: iaul
  • ? Old French: jolif (see there for further descendants)

References

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