blyg
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Cognate with the Old Norse male given name Bljúgr.
Adjective
blyg (neuter singular blygt, definite singular and plural blyge, comparative blygere, indefinite superlative blygest, definite superlative blygeste)
Synonyms
- stillfarende
- stillferdig
- tilbakeholden
- unnselig
References
- “blyg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish bliūgher, blȳgher.[1] Cognate with Danish bly, Norwegian blyg, Icelandic bljúgur, Old High German blūgo (from Proto-Germanic *bleuᵹa-, *blūᵹa-, “shyly”), Middle Low German blūc, bliuc and dialectal German blug, plug, blaug.[2] Probably ultimately related to blöt (“wet”), from Proto-Germanic *blautaz.
Pronunciation
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audio (file) - Rhymes: -yːɡ
Adjective
blyg
Declension
| Inflection of blyg | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | blyg | blygare | blygast |
| Neuter singular | blygt | blygare | blygast |
| Plural | blyga | blygare | blygast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | blyge | blygare | blygaste |
| All | blyga | blygare | blygaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. | |||
References
- ↑ blyg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- ↑ blyg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
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