modig

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Contents 1 Danish 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 2 Old English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Adjective 2.3.1 Declension 2.3.2 Descendants 3 Swedish 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Adjective

[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From mod (“‘courage’”) +‎ -ig, from Old Norse móðugr.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /moːdi/, [ˈmoːði]

[edit] Adjective

modig (neuter modigt, definite and plural modige, comparative modigere, superlative modigst)

1. brave, courageous

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

Germanic *mōdago-, corresponding to mōd + -iġ. Cognate with Middle Dutch moedich (Dutch moedig), Old High German -muoti (in compounds) (German mutig), Old Norse móðugr (Swedish modig), Gothic 𐌼𐍉𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmoːdij/

[edit] Adjective

mōdiġ

1. brave, courageous
2. passionate, high-spirited

[edit] Declension

Weak							Strong
	singular			plural				singular			plural
	m	n	f					m	n	f	m	n	f
nominative	mōd(i)ġa	mōd(i)ġe	mōd(i)ġe	mōd(i)ġan			nom.	mōdiġ	mōdiġ	mōd(i)ġu	mōd(i)ġe	mōd(i)ġu, -e	mōd(i)ġa, -e
accusative	mōd(i)ġan	mōd(i)ġe	mōd(i)ġan				acc.	mōdiġne	mōdiġ	mōd(i)ġe	mōd(i)ġe	mōd(i)ġu, -e	mōd(i)ġa, -e
genitive	mōd(i)ġan			mōdiġra, mōd(i)ġena			gen.	mōd(i)ġes	mōd(i)ġes	mōdiġre	mōdiġra
dative	mōd(i)ġan			mōd(i)ġum			dat.	mōd(i)ġum	mōd(i)ġum	mōdiġre	mōd(i)ġum
							instrumental	mōd(i)ġe

[edit] Descendants

• English: moody

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology

Old Norse móðugr.

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adjective

modig

Inflections of modig		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	modig	modigare		modigast
	Neuter	modigt
Definite singular	Masc.	modige		modigaste
	All	modiga		modigaste
Plural		modiga		modigaste

1. brave, courageous