jól

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

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

   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

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjoːl]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oːl

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

• jóllehet

 

Prefixed verbs

• jólesik
• jóllakik → jóllakat
• jóltart

 

Expressions

• jól formált
• új seprű jól seper

 

Further reading

• 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

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 (plural only, genitive plural jóla)

1. Christmas, Noel
2. Yule

Declension

Declension of jól (pl-only neuter)

	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	jól	jólin
accusative	jól	jólin
dative	jólum	jólunum
genitive	jóla	jólanna

Derived terms

• jólabjór
• jóladagur
• jólafasta
• jólafrí
• jólagjöf
• jólahelgi
• jólakvöld
• jólaköttur
• jólalag
• jólaleyfi
• jólaleyti
• jólaljós
• jólamatur
• jólanótt
• jólasálmur
• jólaskraut
• jólasteik
• jólasveinn
• jólatré

 

Related terms

•  ýlir

References

• jól

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• *iūl — Old East 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
• jólnir m

 

Descendants

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

References

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