jaloers

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch jalours, jaloers, also jalous, jaloes, from Old French jalous, from Late Latin zelosus. The -r- is not etymological and does not appear in any other language; even the related Dutch term jaloezie lacks it. Its origin is unknown, but may have arisen by analogy if the endings -s and -rs were homophonous in Middle Dutch.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jaːˈluːrs/
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  • Hyphenation: ja‧loers
  • Rhymes: -uːrs

Adjective

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jaloers (comparative jaloerser, superlative meest jaloers or jaloerst)

  1. jealous, envious (bitterly or enviously competitive)

Declension

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Declension of jaloers
uninflected jaloers
inflected jaloerse
comparative jaloerser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial jaloers jaloerser het jaloerst
het jaloerste
indefinite m./f. sing. jaloerse jaloersere jaloerste
n. sing. jaloers jaloerser jaloerste
plural jaloerse jaloersere jaloerste
definite jaloerse jaloersere jaloerste
partitive jaloers jaloersers

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: jaloers
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: jalusu
  • Indonesian: jelus
  • Papiamentu: yalus, jaloers
  • Sranan Tongo: djarusu