lyst
See also: LYST
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse losti (late Old Norse lyst).
Pronunciation
Noun
lyst c (singular definite lysten, plural indefinite lyster)
- inclination, desire, wish
- Jeg havde ingen lyst til mad, men nødte mig selv til at spise.
- I had no desire for food, but compelled myself to eat.
- Jeg havde ingen lyst til mad, men nødte mig selv til at spise.
- lust, passion (especially of a sexual nature)
- De blev grebet af lyst.
- They were seized by lust.
- De blev grebet af lyst.
- (now uncommon) delight, pleasure, revelry
- 1833, Christian Molbech, Dansk Ordbog (etc.), page 436
- ”Til Lyst for mig og Verden gid jeg kunde hensynge saa mit Liv:” C.Frimann.
- "Would that I could, for the delight of myself and the world, thus spend my life in song:" C.Frimann.
- ”Til Lyst for mig og Verden gid jeg kunde hensynge saa mit Liv:” C.Frimann.
- 1833, Christian Molbech, Dansk Ordbog (etc.), page 436
Inflection
Declension of lyst
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See lys (“bright, clear, light”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
lyst
Etymology 3
See lyse (“to shine, give out light”).
Pronunciation
Verb
lyst
- past participle of lyse
Etymology 4
See lyste (“want, desire”).
Pronunciation
Verb
lyst
- (rare) (deprecated template usage) imperative of lyste
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse lyst, from Middle Low German lust, lyst, from Old Saxon lust, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz. Doublet of losti (“lust, desire”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lyst f (genitive singular lystar, nominative plural lystir)
Declension
declension of lyst
Synonyms
- (desire): löngun
Derived terms
- lysta (“to want, to desire”)
- lystarlaus (“lacking appetite, appetiteless”)
- lystarleysi (“lack of appetite”)
- lystarstol (“anorexia”)
- lysthafandi (“interested party”)
- lystugur (“having an appetite; appetising, delectable”)
- matarlyst (“appetite for food”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Adjective
lyst
Noun
lyst f or m (definite singular lysta or lysten, indefinite plural lyster, definite plural lystene)
Derived terms
Verb
lyst
- past participle of lyse
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Verb
lyst
- past participle of lysa
Etymology 2
Adjective
lyst
Derived terms
- (of noun) lysttur
Swedish
Verb
lyst
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