соль

From Proto-Slavic *solь.

• IPA^(key): [solʲ]

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

1. salt

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

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

соль • (solĭ) m

1. salt

• sol

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.

соль • (transliteration needed) f inan

1. salt

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

• 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

• IPA^(key): [solʲ]

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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).

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)

• соли́ть (solítʹ), соле́ние (solénije), соле́нье (solénʹje)
• солёный (soljónyj), со́лоно (sólono)
• солонова́тый (solonovátyj)
• солоне́ц (solonéc)
• соло́нка (solónka)
• солева́рня (solevárnja), солева́рница (solevárnica)
• солони́на (solonína)
• солонча́к (solončák)
• соль-вода (solʹ-voda) (said against bees and whasps)
• засо́лка (zasólka)
• посо́л (posól)
• рассо́л (rassól) (pickle brine)

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

соль • (solʹ) n inan (indeclinable)

1. (musical note) G

   со́ль дие́з ― sólʹ dijéz/diéz ― G sharp

   со́ль бемо́ль ― sólʹ bemólʹ ― G flat

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

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

1. sol (unit of Peruvian currency)