соль

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *solь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [solʲ]
  • (file)

Noun

соль • (solʹ) m inan (genitive со́ля, nominative plural со́лі, genitive plural со́ляў)

  1. salt

Declension

References

  • соль” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

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

Noun

соль • (solĭ) m

  1. salt

Declension

Old Ruthenian

соль

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic соль (solĭ), from Proto-Slavic *sȍlь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sāˀlis, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls. Cognate with Russian соль (solʹ), Old Czech sól.

Noun

соль • (solʹ) f inan

  1. salt

Descendants

  • Belarusian: соль (solʹ); со́ля (sólja) (dialectal)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: суль (sulʹ), сіль (silʹ)
  • Ukrainian: сіль (silʹ)

Further reading

  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), *соль¹”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 368
  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2012), соль”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 32 (смыковати – струмень), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 82

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [solʲ]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *solь, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂l-, *séh₂ls. Cognates include Sanskrit सलिल (salila), Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls), Armenian աղ (), Latin sāl, and Old English sealt (English salt).

Noun

соль • (solʹ) f inan (genitive со́ли, nominative plural со́ли, genitive plural соле́й, relational adjective соляно́й or солево́й, diminutive сольца́)

  1. salt
    Соль землиSolʹ zemliSalt of the earth
    Не сыпь мне соль на рануNe sypʹ mne solʹ na ranuDon't pour salt in my wound
  2. (colloquial) point
    Synonyms: прикол (prikol), смысл (smysl), суть (sutʹ)
    И в чём тут вся соль?I v čom tut vsja solʹ?So what is the whole point of it?
  3. (colloquial) punch line (e.g. in stand-up or in a joke)
  4. (slang) mephedrone, or any similar designer drug
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin sol(ve) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist whence all note names were taken.

Noun

соль • (solʹ) n inan (indeclinable)

  1. (musical note) G
    со́ль дие́зsólʹ dijéz/diézG sharp
    со́ль бемо́льsólʹ bemólʹG flat
See also

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish sol (sun), itself from Latin sol (sun).

Noun

соль • (solʹ) m inan (genitive со́ля, nominative plural со́ли, genitive plural со́лей)

  1. sol (unit of Peruvian currency)
Declension
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