# соль
## Belarusian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [solʲ]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Ruthenian соль (solʹ), 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), Ukrainian сіль (silʹ), Sanskrit सलिल (salila), Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls), Armenian աղ (aġ), Latin sāl and English salt.

#### Noun

соль • (solʹ) f inan (genitive со́лі, nominative plural со́лі, genitive plural со́лей, relational adjective саляны́ or салявы́)
* salt
* (colloquial) point

##### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### 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)
* (musical note) G

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

соль • (solʹ) m inan (genitive со́ля, nominative plural со́лі, genitive plural со́ляў)
* sol (Peruvian currency)

##### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

#### 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
* salt

#### Declension
## Old Ruthenian
### Alternative forms

* sol

### 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
* 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), numbers 32 (смыковати – струмень), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 82

## Pannonian Rusyn
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak soľ, from Proto-Slavic *solь. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn суль (sulʹ) and Slovak soľ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɔʎ]
* Rhymes: -ɔʎ
* Hyphenation: соль

### Noun

соль (solʹ) f (related adjective сольни or сольов)
* salt

#### Related terms

* слани (slani)
* солєни (soljeni)
* розсоль f (rozsolʹ)
* солянка f (soljanka)
* соляр m pers (soljar)
* солярня f (soljarnja)
* солїц impf (soljic)

### References

* Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “соль”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
* Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “salt”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 262

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [solʲ]
* Audio:(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 (aġ), 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)
* salt
    Соль земли́ ― Solʹ zemlí ― Salt of the earth
    Не сыпь мне соль на ра́ну ― Ne sypʹ mne solʹ na ránu ― Don't pour salt in my wound
* (colloquial) point
    Synonyms: прико́л (prikól), смысл (smysl), суть (sutʹ)
    И в чём тут вся соль? ― I v čom tut vsja solʹ? ― So what is the whole point of it?
* (colloquial) punch line (e.g. in stand-up or in a joke)
* (slang) psychoactive bath salts (mephedrone, or any similar stimulant designer drug)

##### Derived terms

* засо́лка f (zasólka)
* солева́рня f (solevárnja), солева́рница f (solevárnica)
* солёный (soljónyj), со́лоно (sólono)
* соли́ть (solítʹ), соле́ние n (solénije), соле́нье n (solénʹje)
* солоне́ц m (solonéc)
* солони́на f (solonína)
* соло́нка f (solónka)
* солонова́тый (solonovátyj)
* солонча́к m (solončák)
* соля́нка f (soljánka)
** сбо́рная соля́нка f (sbórnaja soljánka)
* посо́л m (posól)
* рассо́л m (rassól)
* рассо́льник m (rassólʹnik)
* хлебосо́льный (xlebosólʹnyj)
Compounds:
* ка́менная соль f (kámennaja solʹ)
* хлеб-соль (xleb-solʹ)

###### Phrases

* не со́лоно хлеба́вши (ne sólono xlebávši)
* соль-вода f (solʹ-voda) (said against bees and wasps)

##### Related terms
###### Native

* сла́дкий (sládkij)
* со́лод m (sólod)

###### Borrowed

* гало- (galo-)
* галоге́н m (galogén)
* соси́ска f (sosíska)
* со́ус m (sóus)

### 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)
* (musical note) G
    со́ль дие́з ― sólʹ dijéz/diéz ― G sharp
    со́ль бемо́ль ― sólʹ bemólʹ ― G flat

##### See also

* Previous: фа (fa)
* Next: ля (lja)

### 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)
* sol (unit of Peruvian currency)

##### Declension
### Anagrams

* лось (losʹ)

## Ukrainian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [sɔlʲ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

соль • (solʹ) n inan (indeclinable)
* (music) G, sol (musical note)

### See also

* до (do)
* ля (lja)
* мі (mi)
* ре (re)
* сі (si)
* соль (solʹ)
* фа (fa)

### References

* “соль”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)