jaloers
Dutch
Etymology
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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Adjective
jaloers (comparative jaloerser, superlative meest jaloers or jaloerst)
- jealous (bitterly or enviously competitive)
Inflection
| 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 | — | |