bleik

Icelandic

Adjective

bleik

1. inflection of bleikur:
   1. feminine singular nominative strong positive degree
   2. neuter plural nominative strong positive degree
   3. neuter plural accusative strong positive degree

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blæik/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bleikr (“yellow, pink, any non-red warm color”). Cognate with Danish bleg, Icelandic bleikur, German bleich, Dutch bleek and English bleak.

Alternative forms

• blek

Adjective

bleik (neuter singular bleikt, definite singular and plural bleike, comparative bleikere, indefinite superlative bleikest, definite superlative bleikeste)

1. pale

Etymology 2

Verb

bleik

1. imperative of bleike

References

• “bleik” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bleikr (“yellow, pink, any non-red warm color”). Cognate with Danish bleg, Icelandic bleikur, German bleich, Dutch bleek and English bleak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blæɪk/

Adjective

bleik (neuter singular bleikt, definite singular and plural bleike, comparative bleikare, indefinite superlative bleikast, definite superlative bleikaste)

1. pale

References

• “bleik” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Adjective

bleik

1. inflection of bleikr:
   1. strong feminine nominative singular
   2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

Verb

bleik

1. second-person singular imperative active of bleikja