blyg
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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with the Old Norse male given name Bljúgr.
Adjective[edit]
blyg (neuter singular blygt, definite singular and plural blyge, comparative blygere, indefinite superlative blygest, definite superlative blygeste)
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- “blyg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Adjective[edit]
blyg
Declension[edit]
| 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. |
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References[edit]
- ^ blyg in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- ^ blyg in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
