joll
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]joll (plural jolls)
- Alternative form of jol (“a party”)
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یول (yol).
Noun
[edit]joll m (plural jolle) (archaic, rare)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Jungg, G. (1895) “joλ”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 50b
- Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “*joll”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 231
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]joll n
- (regional, Hälsingland region) (childish) silliness
- Har hon inte vågat åka ner för rutschkanan än? Vilket joll!
- Hasn't she dared go down the slide yet? What silliness!
- Ska de förbjuda det där nu också? Vilket joll!
- Are they going to make that illegal now too? How silly!
Usage notes
[edit]Often of people being (too) hesitant to do things, but also generally of things considered (childishly) ridiculous.
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | joll | jolls |
| definite | jollet | jollets | |
| plural | indefinite | joll | jolls |
| definite | jollen | jollens |
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