soľ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sol"

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *solь, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls. Akin to Latin sāl (“salt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɔʎ]

Noun

soľ f (relational adjective soľný, diminutive solička)

1. salt

   soľ nad zlato ― salt above gold (Slovak fairy tale)

2. saline

Declension

Declension of soľ
(pattern kosť)

	singular	plural
nominative	soľ	soli
genitive	soli	solí
dative	soli	soliam
accusative	soľ	soli
locative	soli	soliach
instrumental	soľou	soľami

Derived terms

adjectives

• slaný
• soľný

nouns

• soľnička

Further reading

• “soľ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025