соль

Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *solь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [solʲ]

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 • (transliteration needed) f inan

  1. salt

Descendants

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

Further reading

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 (ał), Latin sāl, and Old English sealt (English salt).

Noun

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

  1. salt
    Соль земли ― Solʹ zemli ― The most valuable part of society
    Не сыпь мне соль на рану ― Ne sypʹ mne solʹ na ranu ― Don't make my soul pain worse
  2. (colloquial) point
    Synonyms: смысл (smysl), суть (sutʹ)
    И в чём тут вся соль? ― I v čóm tut vsja solʹ? ― So what is the whole point of it?
  3. (colloquial) punch line (e.g. in stand-up or in a joke)
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 дие́з ― sólʹ dijéz/diéz ― G sharp
    со́ль бемо́ль ― sólʹ bemólʹ ― G 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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