Faroese

Proper noun

Sól f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Sól: Sólarson
• daughter of Sól: Sólardóttir

Declension

Faroese

Noun

sól f (genitive singular sólar, plural sólir)

1. sun

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse sól, from Proto-Germanic *sōwulō, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic слъньцє ‎(slŭnĭce), Latin sōl, Ancient Greek ἥλιος ‎(hḗlios), Sanskrit सूर ‎(sūra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /souːl/ ()

  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.

2. sun (applied to any star or used metaphorically)

Declension

Synonyms

• (the sun): sunna (poetic)

Derived terms

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

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sōwulō ‎(“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ ‎(“sun”). Cognate with Old English sōl, Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌻 ‎(sauil),

Noun

sól f (genitive sólar, plural sólir)

1. sun

Declension

Descendants

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *solь, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̪ul/

Noun

sól f

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

Declension

Derived terms

• solny

Verb

sól impf

1. second-person singular imperative of solić