jolif

Old French

Either from Old Norse jól (“a midwinter feast, Yule”) +‎ -if, hence "fest-ive", or ultimately from Latin gaudeō (see etymology at joy).

jolif m (oblique and nominative feminine singular jolive)

Declension of jolif

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	jolifs or jolis	jolive	jolif
Singular	Oblique	jolif	jolive		jolive	jolif
Plural	Subject	jolif	jolives		jolif
Plural	Oblique	jolifs or jolis	jolives		jolives	jolif

French: joli
→ Middle English: joli, jolie, golli, yoli, yolie, jolif, jolife, jolef, joili
- English: jolly
→ Italian: giulivo